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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 29 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1745, that of Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and minister to France.

April 29, 2014 3

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George Mason and Granting Congress Direct Tax Power in the Constitution

George Mason and Direct Tax Power Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "George Mason was an epicurean republican aristocrat. He was one of the wisest men of his generation and Mason was having none of this talk about having a new central government that was going to have the power to lay and collect direct taxes. Of course, Madison and company would say they’re not direct taxes, they’re indirect, but we’ll […]

April 16, 2014 10

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1865, President Lincoln succumbed to a gunshot wound inflicted by John Wilkes Booth the previous night while in Ford’s Theater.

April 15, 2014 10

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 12 April

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 12 April On this day in 1776, a resolution now called the Halifax Resolves was adopted by the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina. [private FP-Monthly|FP-Yearly|FP-Yearly-WLK|FP-Yearly-So76] “The Resolves directed North Carolina to declare independence, to join with other colonies in similar endeavors, and to reserve the right of North Carolina to create a Constitution. The Provincial Congress voted unanimously to adopt the resolution and […]

April 12, 2014 3

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 10 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1790, the first patent act was signed by President Washington.

April 10, 2014 2

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 9 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1778, Jeremiah Wadsworth was promoted to Commissary General of Purchases for the Continental Army.

April 9, 2014 3

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 2 April

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. On this day in 1792, Congress passed The Coinage Act, which created the mint and authorized construction of a mint building in the nation’s then-capital, Philadelphia.

April 2, 2014 6

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 26 March

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. One notable birthday on this day in 1749, that of William Blount. Find out about him in today's Founders History...

March 26, 2014 5

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This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 March

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 March On this day in 1788, Federalist No. 74 was published in the New York Packet, entitled “The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive,” authored by Alexander Hamilton. 1 This day is celebrated as Maryland Day. It commemorates this day in 1634 when “settlers disembarked from two small sailing ships – the Ark and […]

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