Search

Search results

Displaying 151 - 160

What Congress Can Do; What A State Can Not

What Congress Can Do; What A State Can Notby "DELIBERATOR" appeared in The Freeman's Journal; or, The North-American Intelligencer, February 20, 1788.See also Federalist No. 44A writer in the…

Federalist No. 12

No 11 No 13 The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue From the New York Packet.Tuesday, November 27, 1787.Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE…

Federalist No. 35

No 34 No 36 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) For the Independent Journal.Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:…

Peary, Robert Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Peary, Robert EdwinPeary, Robert Edwinpērˈē [key], 1856–1920, American arctic explorer, b. Cresson, Pa. In 1881 he entered the U.S. navy as a civil engineer and for several years…

Farragut, David Glasgow

(Encyclopedia) Farragut, David GlasgowFarragut, David Glasgowfărˈəgət [key], 1801–70, American admiral, b. near Knoxville, Tenn. Appointed a midshipman in 1810, he first served on the frigate Essex,…

Fujimori, Alberto

(Encyclopedia) Fujimori, AlbertoFujimori, Albertoälbĕrˈtō f&oomacr;ˌjĭmôrˈē [key], 1938–, president of Peru (1990–2000), b. Lima, Peru. The son of Japanese immigrants, he was educated in Peru and…

Stoicism

(Encyclopedia) StoicismStoicismstōˈĭsĭzəm [key], school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium (in Cyprus) c.300 b.c. The first Stoics were so called because they met in the Stoa Poecile [Gr.,=…