This guest post is by the chief of the Law Library’s Public Services Division, Andrew Winston. Andrew has written several posts for the blog, including The Constitution Annotated–Impeachment Clauses, Federal Courts Web Archive Launched, A Visit to the Peace Palace Library, and The Revised Statutes of the United States: Predecessor to the U.S. Code.
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Comments (7)
This library is so large that I is impossible to contact anyone or even ask a question.
Bill Montague Concord, Mass.
I heard there was a federal law enacted during the late 1930’s or early 1940’s due to the TB outbreak. I would like to find this law so I can read it for myself. I have always thought spitting in public is a health risk for many reasons and should be banned.
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What court were and/or are Articles of Confederation to be filed?
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In August 1863, Army Major McKee killed a USN Acting Master R. A. Turner at Natchez. Would like to know the backstory to the incident.
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