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Cinque Ports
(Encyclopedia) Cinque PortsCinque Portssĭngk [key] [O. Fr.,=five ports], name applied to an association of maritime towns in Sussex and Kent, SE England. They originally numbered five: Hastings,…mortmain
(Encyclopedia) mortmainmortmainmôrtˈmānˌ [key] [Fr.,=dead hand], ownership of land by a perpetual corporation. The term originally denoted tenure (see tenure, in law) by a religious corporation, but…Scholes, Myron Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Scholes, Myron Samuel, 1941–, Canadian-American economist, b. Timmins, Ont., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1969. He was a professor at the Univ. of Chicago (1968–83) and at Stanford (…Boston Public Library
(Encyclopedia) Boston Public Library, founded in 1848, chiefly through the gift of Joshua Bates, and opened to the public in 1854. It is the oldest free public city library supported by taxation in…Federalist No. 36
No 35 No 37 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the New York Packet.Tuesday January 8, 1788.Hamilton To the People of the State…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 36
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 35Federalist No. 37Federalist No. 36 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) To the People of…Federalist No. 31
No 30 No 32 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the New York Packet.Tuesday, January 1, 1788.Hamilton To the People of the State…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 31
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 30Federalist No. 32Federalist No. 31 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) To the People of…McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Opinion
This Supreme Court Case addressed the issue of Federal power and commerce. In the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall handed down one of his most…Domesday Book
(Encyclopedia) Domesday BookDomesday Bookd&oomacr;mzˈdā [key], record of a general census of England made (1085–86) by order of William I (William the Conqueror). The survey ascertained the…Trending
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