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Book

1839

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Jubilee of the Constitution

JB00367

Collection Item

Typed document

28 August 1974

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011

[to an unknown constitutent]

One document from Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead to Mary Lou Cary dated August 28, 1974. Moorhead does not give an opinion on impeachment. He responds to a Cary’s letter. In the letter Cary writes that she is sad to see Nixon resign, but acknowledges...

GLC09613.02.3502.01

History Now Essay

Ordinary Americans and the Constitution

Gary B. Nash

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Constitution is so honored today, at home and abroad, that it may seem irreverent to suggest that for a great many ordinary Americans, it was not what they wished as a capstone of their revolutionary experience. This is not to say...

Appears in:

13 | The Constitution Fall 2007

Video: Inside The Vault

Inside the Vault: Constitution Day!

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Originally broadcast on September 17, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection celebrated Constitution Day with rare materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection: The US Constitution!...

History Now Essay

Andrew Jackson and the Constitution

Matthew Warshauer

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

In 1860, biographer James Parton concluded that Andrew Jackson was "a most law-defying, law obeying citizen." Such a statement is obviously contradictory. Yet it accurately captures the essence of the famous, or infamous, Jackson....

Appears in:

22 | Andrew Jackson and His World Winter 2009

History Now Essay

George Washington and the Constitution

Theodore J. Crackel

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

George Washington was among the first of America’s statesmen to recognize the flaws in the government under the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation. His experience in the Revolutionary War had convinced him that...

Appears in:

13 | The Constitution Fall 2007

Collection Item

Pamphlet

February 21, 1861 - April 4, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Abraham Lincoln Interprets the Constitution

excerpts from letters

GLC08880.061

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

1817/08/01

Adams, John, 1735-1826

to Henry Channing re: Constitution

GLC07836

History Now Essay

James Madison and the Constitution

Jack Rakove

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

James Madison had just turned twenty-five when he took up his first public office as a delegate to the Virginia provincial convention that endorsed American independence and then adopted a new constitution and an accompanying...

Appears in:

13 | The Constitution Fall 2007

Collection Item

Manuscript

.1861-1865

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Constitution and Laws of "Lyceum"

Constitution and by-laws for the formation of a society to be called Lyceum. Purpose of the group is improvement in "... Declamation, Composition, Oration, Colloqy and Debate..." Contains thirteen articles and eight by-laws. Manuscript is faded and...

GLC03523.10.241

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Ordinary Americans and the Constitution

Inside the Vault: Constitution Day!

Andrew Jackson and the Constitution

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James Madison and the Constitution

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