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LIFE & WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER J

By: Alexander James 1759-1817 Dallas,George Mifflin 1792-1864 Dallas

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LIFE & WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER J

By: Alexander James 1759-1817 Dallas,George Mifflin 1792-1864 Dallas

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Wentworth Press

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137278859X

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9781372788598

An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War

By: Alexander James Dallas

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An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War

By: Alexander James Dallas

Arriving from Jamaica following a British education, Alexander James Dallas settled in Philadelphia in 1783, the year of the Peace of Paris which ended the War of Independence. Dallas wrote much about law, becoming the first recorder of cases before the US Supreme Court. He later served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and federal district attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania, appointed by President Jefferson. He was also appointed Secretary of Treasury by President Madison. Dallas wrote An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War as part of an effort by the US government to explain and justify its declaration of war in 1812. However, the publication coincided with the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war. The Exposition is especially interesting for the insight it provides on the foreign policy of the early Republic and the related philosophy of law and war. A central idea is that international law should chiefly benefit those remaining at peace. In this book, the original text of the Exposition is presented with annotations to help identify persons and events of interest. The editor has also added an Introduction, a bibliography, a short chronology of Dallas' life and the events of the war, and an analytical Index. As such, this annotated edition will be a key research source for students and scholars of the early Republic and of the development of American philosophy and early international relations.

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Dunedin Academic Press

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1906716285

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9781906716288

Bad Company and Burnt Powder

Justice and Injustice in the Old Southwest

By: Bob Alexander

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Bad Company and Burnt Powder

Justice and Injustice in the Old Southwest

By: Bob Alexander

Bad Company and Burnt Powder is a collection of twelve stories of when things turned "Western" in the nineteenth-century Southwest. Each chapter deals with a different character or episode in the Wild West involving various lawmen, Texas Rangers, outlaws, feudists, vigilantes, lawyers, and judges. Covered herein are the stories of Cal Aten, John Hittson, the Millican boys, Gid Taylor and Jim and Tom Murphy, Alf Rushing, Bob Meldrum and Noah Wilkerson, P. C. Baird, Gus Chenowth, Jim Dunaway, John Kinney, Elbert Hanks and Boyd White, and Eddie Aten. Within these pages the reader will meet a nineteen-year-old Texas Ranger figuratively dying to shoot his gun. He does get to shoot at people, but soon realizes what he thought was a bargain exacted a steep price. Another tale is of an old-school cowman who shut down illicit traffic in stolen livestock that had existed for years on the Llano Estacado. He was tough, salty, and had no quarter for cow-thieves or sympathy for any mealy-mouthed politicians. He cleaned house, maybe not too nicely, but unarguably successful he was. Then there is the tale of an accomplished and unbeaten fugitive, well known and identified for murder of a Texas peace officer. But the Texas Rangers couldn't find him. County sheriffs wouldn't hold him. Slipping away from bounty hunters, he hit Owlhoot Trail.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574415662

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9781574415667

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

Additional Letters 1777-1802 Addenda and Errata Cumulative Index

By: Alexander Hamilton,Harold Coffin Syrett,Jacob Ernest Cooke

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The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

Additional Letters 1777-1802 Addenda and Errata Cumulative Index

By: Alexander Hamilton,Harold Coffin Syrett,Jacob Ernest Cooke

Why do smokers claim that the first cigarette of the day is the best? What is the biological basis behind some heavy drinkers' belief that the "hair-of-the-dog" method alleviates the effects of a hangover? Why does marijuana seem to affect ones problem-solving capacity? Intoxicating Minds is, in the author's words, "a grand excavation of drug myth." Neither extolling nor condemning drug use, it is a story of scientific and artistic achievement, war and greed, empires and religions, and lessons for the future. Ciaran Regan looks at each class of drugs, describing the historical evolution of their use, explaining how they work within the brain's neurophysiology, and outlining the basic pharmacology of those substances. From a consideration of the effect of stimulants, such as caffeine and nicotine, and the reasons and consequences of their sudden popularity in the seventeenth century, the book moves to a discussion of more modern stimulants, such as cocaine and ecstasy. In addition, Regan explains how we process memory, the nature of thought disorders, and therapies for treating depression and schizophrenia. Regan then considers psychedelic drugs and their perceived mystical properties and traces the history of placebos to ancient civilizations. Finally, Intoxicating Minds considers the physical consequences of our co-evolution with drugs -- how they have altered our very being -- and offers a glimpse of the brave new world of drug therapies.

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Columbia University Press

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0231089260

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9780231089265

James Moore Wayne

Southern Unionist

By: Alexander A. Lawrence

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James Moore Wayne

Southern Unionist

By: Alexander A. Lawrence

Southern aristocrat, mayor of Savannah, congressman for three terms, justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, James Moore Wayne made love of the federal union the governing principle of his political and judicial career. Here is shown the impact of this southern unionist upon the Supreme Court during the critical period from 1835 to 1867. Originally published in 1943. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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UNC Press Books

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1469648245

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LIFE & WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER J

LIFE & WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER J

An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War

An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War

Bad Company and Burnt Powder

Bad Company and Burnt Powder

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton

James Moore Wayne

James Moore Wayne

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