New Acquisition: Henry Clay Draft of Article IX of the Treaty of Ghent
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Nathan Dorn describes a new acquisition - the Henry Clay draft of Article IX of the Treaty of Ghent.
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From the Serial Set: Residency, Race, and Suffrage
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Congress has dealt with issues of voter disenfranchisement on the basis of race throughout history. The question of suffrage for District of Columbia residents in 1844 demonstrated how the enfranchisement of D.C. residents and Black American men was interconnected. In that year, the Senate Committee for the District of Columbia, which held jurisdiction over D.C. from 1816 until …
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Remote Interns for Summer 2020
Posted by: Jennifer González
The Digital Resources Division at the Law Library has had years of experience with remote interns, so we were well-prepared for this pandemic situation and quarantine! We were able to host over 50 remote interns and volunteers this summer to help further our goal of providing access to legal materials. We were also so glad …
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From the Serial Set: Congress and the Territories
Posted by: Stephen Mayeaux
The following is a guest post by Bailey DeSimone, a library technician (metadata) in the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. Her ongoing blog series, From the Serial Set, shares discoveries from the Law Library’s Serial Set Digitization Project. The House Committee on Territories was formed in 1825 during the 1st Session of the 19th …
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