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100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United…Classics
United States HistoryCommon SenseThomas Paine's Pro-Revolution Pamphlet Give Me Liberty...Patrick Henry's Famous Speech The Federalist PapersA critical study of the U.S. Constitution…Edward Cambridge REED, Congress, NY (1793-1883)
REED Edward Cambridge , a Representative from New York; born in Fitzwilliam, N.H., March 8, 1793; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1812;…Lewis RIGGS, Congress, NY (1789-1870)
RIGGS Lewis , a Representative from New York; born in Norfolk, Conn., January 16, 1789; attended the common schools and schools of Latin and Greek; was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade;…Epirus
(Encyclopedia) EpirusEpirusĕpīˈrəs [key], ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus…Bonds, Barry Lamar
(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74…Christina Rossetti: Sit Down in the Lowest Room
Sit Down in the Lowest RoomMarch 1864Like flowers sequestered from the sun And wind of summer, day by day I dwindled paler, whilst my hair Showed the first tinge of grey.'Oh what is…Supreme Court Cases
Table of ContentsAgostini v. Felton (1997)Baker v. Carr (1962)Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris (1989)Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)City of Philadelphia v. New…Brewer's: Melesigenes
So Homer is sometimes called, because one of the traditions fixes his birthplace on the banks of the Meles, in Ionia. In a similar way we call Shakespeare the “Bard of Avon.” (See Homer.)…Kérkira
(Encyclopedia) KérkiraKérkirakĕrˈkērä [key] or CorfuCorfukôrˈf&oomacr; [key], Lat. Corcyra, island (1991 pop. 104,781), 229 sq mi (593 sq km), NW Greece, in the Ionian Sea, the second largest of…Trending
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