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9 September 1791

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox's pardon "for the intrusion of a letter on business yesterday morning - I had not heard 'till late in the afternoon of your House being a House of Mourning, or I shou[l]d never have broke in on you at such a season." This is in reference...

GLC02437.05148

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Newsletter

8-12 April 1940

American Education Press Inc.

Every Week [Vol. 6. No. 29. (April 8-12, 1940)]

An issue of Every Week newsletter dated 8-12 April 1940. This issue's cover story is titled "Migrant Worker Problem Troubles California." The article explains who migrant workers are as well as how the industry of migrant work came about. It also...

GLC09786

Lesson Plan

Montgomery to the Supreme Court

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview Students will examine primary source documents and photographs to explain how local events lead to cases being presented before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upholds laws that protect the rights of all people and...

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

In the decades immediately following the War of 1812, the face of America changed. Population grew and young Americans far outnumbered their parents. For many the West beckoned, and settlers poured into the region west of the original...

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22 | Andrew Jackson and His World Winter 2009

Video

Introduction to Supreme Court Controversies throughout History

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Video

What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States

Government and Civics

James F. Simon, the Martin Professor of Law at New York Law School, traces the protracted conflicts between Thomas Jefferson, an ardent believer in state sovereignty, and John Marshall, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,...

History Now Essay

From Colony to Nation: Liberian Independence and Black Self-Government in the Atlantic World

Claude A. Clegg III

Government and Civics, World History

The emergence of the independent republic of Liberia on the coast of West Africa in the mid-nineteenth century was a historically significant turn of events in several ways. Led by a Black American settler class that sought to rule...

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61 | The Declaration of Independence and the Origins of Self-Determination in the Modern World Fall 2021

Program/Event

Past History School Classes

Since April 2020, the Gilder Lehrman History School has served more than 5,600 students through thirty-two classes covering many eras and themes in American history. Classes held in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 are available to watch on...

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Pamphlet

1866

United States. Congress

Final report of the congressional committee upon the question of reconstruction

Report of the Joint Committee of the two Houses of Congress on reconstruction. The legislation contains a draft of the 14th amendment, and two bills providing for the restoration of the rebellious state to their full political rights.

GLC03465

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Pamphlet

1861

Wallis, Severn Teackle, 1816-1894

Report of the Committee on Federal Relations in Regard to the Calling of a Sovereign Convention

Also on the committee were J.H. Gordon, G.W. Goldsborough, James T. Briscoe, and Barnes Compton. Printed by E.S. Riley in Frederick, Maryland. Opposes all efforts to defeat rebellion in the Confederate States. Says "If a President of the United...

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1,981 items

Montgomery to the Supreme Court

From The Editor

Introduction to Supreme Court Controversies throughout History

What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States

From Colony to Nation: Liberian Independence and Black Self-Government in the Atlantic World

Past History School Classes

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