Tag: Articles of Confederation
Presidents Day is celebrated in honor of the birthday of our first president, George Washington, who was born February 22nd. But what if he was not actually the first President of the nation? What if we celebrated this holiday in April instead? When all of the states ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781, they [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on February 17, 2012, under Archives I.
Tags: Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Federalists, George Washington, John Hanson, John Jay, Presidents Day Comments: 8
Today’s post is written by Monique Politowski, and is part of her ongoing series on the Federalists. It must have been weird for the readers of the New York Independent Journal to see an essay supposedly written by a long since dead Roman. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison all used the pseudonym “Publius,” intentionally becoming the [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on October 31, 2011, under Archives I, Civil Records, Outside NARA.
Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, federalism, Federalist Papers, Federalists, James Madison, John Jay, John Lansing Jr., Judicial Branch, Monique Politowski, Publius, RG 360, Robert Yates, Supreme Court Comments: 1
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