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ALEXANDER HAMILTON’S FIRST REPORT ON THE PUBLIC CREDIT [Reprinted in the Debates and Proceedings of the Congress of the United…
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ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS: Acts of the Fifth Congress, Second Session, published by William Ross, Philadelphia, 1798. Arguably one of…
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THE FIRST AMERICAN LAW BOOK: A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut by Zephaniah Swift, published in…
Suspension of Habeas Corpus The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, 12 Stat. 755 (1863) During the Civil War, President Lincoln took…