Trivia Question: July 4
Where is it? Another two pictures from the side.
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The Fourteenth Amendment in Tulane Law Review in 1953
William J. Suthon, a Tulane Law Professor, wrote The Dubious Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1953. He wrote: What is to be discussed relates to the use of the…
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No CommentsGordon S. Wood (1933-2026)
I am sad to report that Gordon S. Wood has died. He was the author of The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969) and The Radicalism of the American…
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Wall Street Journal is reporting that monuments are coming back again.
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No CommentsGarland and Legal Thought in St. Louis
In 1847, Hugh Garland and his family made move Petersburg, Virginia, to St. Louis. At St. Louis he made a move to practicing real estate law. He made two trips…
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Hugh Garland and his partner, Lyman Norris, were victorious in Missouri Supreme Court in Scott v. Emerson. The majority opinion was written Justice William Scott. “Times now are not as…
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In 1840, Hugh Garland was speaking at New York City's Castle Garden. HE was there with a number of other Democratic politicians. He was speaking about "Second Declaration of Independence,"…
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1Garland, Orestes Brownson, and James Marsh
Hugh Garland and Orestes Brownson were once friends. And that is thing that I would to discuss. Brownson was a Transcendentalist early in career -- certainly in late 1830s and…
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Hugh Garland's Treatise on Slavery comprised twenty-five chapters. Garland articulates a conservative and hierarchical vision of Southern society. The Treatise on Slavery can be divided into five themes. (1) Christian,…
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This has been brewing for a long-time. Hugh Garland is figure in antebellum Southern intellectual thought. He was born in western Virginia (around Lynchburg) in 1805. Graduated from Hampden-Sydney College…
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