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Delaware

Delaware State Information Capital: Dover Official Name: Delaware Organized as a territory/republic: 1683 Entered Union (rank): December 7, 1787 (First of the original 13 states) Present…

Goodwin Sands

(Encyclopedia) Goodwin Sands, stretch of shoals and sandbars, c.10 mi (20 km) long, lying off the east coast of Kent, SE England. It forms a breakwater E of The Downs, a roadstead. Shipwrecks were…

Lafargue, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Lafargue, PaulLafargue, Paulpôl läfärgˈ [key], 1842–1911, French socialist, b. Cuba; son-in-law of Karl Marx. With Jules Guesde he helped found a Marxist socialist party in France. His…

Terminus

(Encyclopedia) TerminusTerminustûrˈmĭnəs [key], in ancient Rome, both the boundary markers between properties and the name of the god who watched over boundaries. Property lines were of great…

Centinel IV

Centinel IVWhy the Articles Failed30 November 1787by See also Federalist No. 21That the present Confederation is inadequate to the objects of the Union seems to be universally allowed. The…

Federal Farmer V

Federal Farmer V13 October 1787by The Federal FarmerDear Sir,Thus I have examined the federal constitution as far as a few days leisure would permit. It opens to my mind a new scene; instead…

America's Most Endangered Places 2006

The Smithsonian Institution and the World Trade Center stairs are considered endangered properties by Mark Zurlo Arts and Industries Building of Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.…

Brutus XIV (pt. 1)

Brutus XIV (pt. 1)21 February 1788by BrutusHaving in the two preceding numbers, examined the nature and tendency of the judicial power, as it respects the explanation of the constitution, I…

The Declaration of Sentiments

Seneca Falls, New York, 1848 Source: U.S. Dept. of State The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New…