THE LOGAN ACT of 1799 – Prohibiting Diplomacy by Private Citizens “without permission or authority” with intent to “influence the…
CONSCRIPTION ACT OF 1863 – “An Act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces” during the Civil War: [37th Congress, 2nd…
Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves of 1807 & U.S. Constitution Art. I, Sec. 9 [Chapter 22, 9th Congress, Sess.…
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT of 1882 [47th Congress, Sess. I, Chapter 126, 22 Stat. 58-61] The Chinese Exclusion Act imposed a…
Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address October 3, 1863 Background: Newly inaugurated President George Washington called for a national day…
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830 – Trail of Tears [21st Congress, Session 1, Chapter 148] It can hardly be debated…
President Andrew Jackson’s Force Act of 1833: [4 Stat. 632, Acts of 22nd Congress] During the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833,…
CURRENCY ACT OF 1764, Chapter XXXIV, Volume XXVI of Danby Pickering’s Statutes at Large, printed by Joseph Benthem in 1764.…
THE QUARTERING ACT OF 1765 v. THE QUARTERING ACT OF 1774 Chapter XXXIII, Volume XXVI of Danby Pickering’s Statutes at…
William Waller Hening (1768-1828) – Thomas Jefferson’s legal publisher: Hening was a 19th century attorney, legal scholar, publisher and politician…