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Archive: December 2018 (2 Posts)

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Rare Book Video – The Trial of Richard Lawrence for his Assassination Attempt on President Andrew Jackson

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The latest installment in our Rare Book Video series features the trial of Richard Lawrence for his assassination attempt on President Andrew Jackson. Lawrence believed that he was King Richard III and Jackson’s veto of the bill to reauthorize the charter of the Second Bank of the United States had deprived him of a dispensation …

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The United States Congressional Web Archive now includes content for the 113th and 114th Congresses.

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The Library of Congress Web Archiving Program is dedicated to providing reliable access to historical web content from the legislative branch. To that end, the Library has just released an update to the United States Congressional Web Archive. The archive, which includes member sites from the House and Senate, as well as House and Senate Committee websites, …

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