Henry Adams Quotes
… the most dramatic moment in the early politics of the Union.
Henry Adams, 1838-1918, Historian, Description of The Duel—the July 11, 1804 event in Weehawken, New Jersey when Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fought a pistol duel whereby Hamilton was mortally wounded and Burr’s popularity and political future was impaired forever, History of the United States
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Welliver was the first of the American presidential speechwriters. President Harding was the one who used the term in public.
This appears to be one of the first uses of the word "United" with respect to what was to become the United States.
Anti-slavery opponents had cited the equality argument of the Declaration of Independence to buttress their argument.
George W. Bush. See {618119} for the rejoinder to the defense.
His Fundamentals of New York Law was used for teaching law for years.
Most of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were aristocrats, and all were elites of different types. However, they wanted and knew that they would have to submit their work product to the people for ratification. So while each had their own views, most were heavily influenced by their perception of public opinion reaction to their draft. Even with that, in order to get the ratification votes, they had to add the first 10 amendments—the Bill of Rights in order to get the votes of the men who were NOT at the convention.
Henry Brooks Adams was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents.
