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Historical Context: The Breakdown of the Party System

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

As late as 1850, the two-party system seemed healthy. Democrats and Whigs drew strength in all parts of the country. Then, in the early 1850s, the two-party system began to disintegrate in response to massive foreign immigration. By...

Program/Event

Hamilton Education Program | Press Coverage and Media

Eduham in the News 2022 "‘Hamilton’ Returns to Pantages Theatre With Performance for L.A. Public High School Students" in Variety - February 11, 2022 "HAMILTON's Celebrated Education Program Returns Today in LA" in Broadway World -...

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Autograph document

1783-1815

Unknown

[Recipe for consumption]

GLC01450.600. 015

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Autograph note signed

1783-1815

Matkin, David (fl. ?-)

[Request for 2 gallons of brandy]

GLC01450.600.039

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Manuscript document

16 June 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to Marquis de Lafayette

Later copy of letter written by Knox to Lafayette at GLC02437.03276. Thanks Lafayette for the kind treatment given to his brother William. Discusses the affair of Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who had been sent to France in 1783 to purchase...

GLC02437.03275

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Autograph letter signed

3 August 1791

Knox, William, 1756-1795

to Henry Knox

References his letters of 27 June and 19 July that he sent to Henry. Has not received any letters from Henry since the one marked 6 April. States he has not met with any success in selling Henry's lands, not even a single serious offer. Says his...

GLC02437.05099

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Autograph letter signed

February 13, 1791

Knox, William, 1756-1795

to Henry Knox

Urges Knox to write him as soon as he can, or make Lucy Knox "overcome her natural timidity" and write him. He has heard of the General (Charles) Scott expedition in the Miami Country and of the casualties Scott suffered. Discusses in great detail...

GLC02437.04853

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Autograph letter signed

June 16, 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox references Lafayette's letter from February 11, 1786. He thanks Lafayette for his kindness toward his brother, William, when he was ill. Says that William has recovered and has been with him since October 1785. Hopes the recovery is permanent...

GLC02437.03276

History Now Essay

Reconstructing the West and North

Richard White

Economics, Government and Civics

In 1865 the Radicals of the Republican Party regarded the Northern victory in the Civil War as a “golden moment” to remake the Republic. The Republicans controlled Congress, the Supreme Court, and, so they thought until Andrew Johnson...

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55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019

Essay

The Thirteen Colonies

Francis J. Bremer

Government and Civics

The thirteen colonies that joined together to become the United States of America were but a part of the first British Empire. They were the product of a broad and dramatic expansion of England that began with the establishment of ...