Indian Non-Intercourse Acts and the Treaty of New York First Congress, Ch. XXXIII, July 22, 1790, 1 Stat. 137; Second Congress,…
Hamilton’s extraordinary legal legacy PowerPoint Alexander Hamilton’s legacy as a patriot, lawmaker and visionary is extraordinary. The following PowerPoint presentation…
How the Battle of Yorktown was bankrolled by Spain & France – part 1 The Battle of Yorktown is widely…
Tune in on Monday at 7:00 p.m. for a discussion of how Spain and France (using Mexican silver collected in…
Statutesandstories.com salutes the service of George H. W. Bush and wishes condolences to the Bush family. Here is a link…
The the Militia Acts of 1792 (the “Calling Forth” Act and the Act “Establishing a Uniform Militia”) The first Militia…
The “first” Thanksgiving and Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamations The “first” Thanksgiving in 1621: While Native Americans had likely been celebrating harvests…
Declaration of War: the U.S. enters World War I (April 2, 1917) Statutes at Large, Acts of the 65th Congress,…
In honor of Veterans Day, statuesandstories.com has compiled below several posts which tell the story of the laws establishing the…
The government you elect is the government you deserve. Thomas Jefferson The people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and…