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Happy Nathan Dane Day, saluting the man who wrote the anti-slavery clause for Wisconsin and the Midwest

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In Wisconsin, July 13 is recognized as Nathan Dane Day, saluting the person responsible for making sure the area included what would be...
Il y a 52 mois

Origin Story

Harvard Law School
Kiefer discovered that Dane, a Harvard College graduate, had stepped in to save HLS in 1827 when it was down to just one student and one professor.
Il y a 120 mois

Text appeal: Ceefax recreated by 20-year-old Northern Irish man

The Guardian
Nathan Dane spent six years honing his version of the BBC's defunct text-based information service.
Il y a 34 mois

Tom Emery: Nathan Dane helped ban slavery in Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Journal
Few people probably noticed that Saturday was Nathan Dane Day in Wisconsin, celebrating the man who helped keep slavery out of the Northwest...
Il y a 64 mois

The Northwest Ordinance: Historically Significant, Still Relevant

The Federalist Society
The Northwest Ordinance is perhaps best known for its prohibition of slavery in the Northwest Territory.
Il y a 16 mois

A letter from President Faust about Harvard Law School

Harvard Magazine
As a historian, I often find it easiest to look forward by first looking back. I had occasion to do exactly that in October when I helped kick off Harvard...
Il y a 7 mois

August 3, 1787: Still Fishing

National Park Service (.gov)
"In the Evening fished, not very successfully." --George Washington Friday, August 3, 1787: The Convention Today The Convention continued in recess.
Il y a 14 mois

On this day, the Confederation Congress agrees to a new Constitution

The National Constitution Center
On September 28, 1787, the congress under our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, agreed to submit a new Constitution to the states.
Il y a 26 mois

May 26 - 27, 1787: Adjourned until Monday

National Park Service (.gov)
Read more about the events of the Constitutional Convention on May 26 - 27, 1787 when the delegates began their habit of writing letters on...
Il y a 64 mois

Constitution Day: How the States Put Aside Differences To Become ‘We the People’

New York State Bar Association
On Sept. 17, we commemorate the signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia on that day in 1787. That was 235 years ago;...
Il y a 28 mois