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Rare Book Video – The Articles of Confederation

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On this day in 1777, the first Constitution of the United States, the Articles of Confederation, was adopted by the Continental Congress. Our latest rare book video features the first printing of the Articles of Confederation. This item is held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress.

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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 …