This Day in Founder’s History

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 8 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 8 March 2013 On this day in 1788, Federalist No. 66 was published, entitled “Objections to the Power of the Senate to Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered,” authored by Alexander Hamilton. Federalist No. 66 reads, in part: A REVIEW of the principal objections that have appeared against the proposed court for the trial of impeachments, will not improbably eradicate the […]

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 1 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 1 March 2013 On this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation were ratified by Maryland, the final of the thirteen states to ratify. “The ratification of the Articles of Confederation was delayed for two years by Maryland, who refused to ratify until the larger states—primarily Virginia and New York—had ceded their extensive land claims in the West to the national government. Virginia […]

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