Stories
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The intermediate life of spirits
Courttia Newland explores the events and his feelings surrounding the death of his mother-in-law, Tara Chauhan.
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
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Opinions on interesting subjects of public law and commercial policy; arising from American Independence. - 1. The question answered- Whether the Citizens of the United States are considered by the Law of England as Aliens; what Privileges are they entitled to within the Kingdom; what Rights can they claim in the remaining Colonies of Britain. - 2. The Regulations for opening the American Trade considered; Faults found; and Amendments proposed. How the late Proclamations affect the United States discussed: Objections pointed out; and Alterations suggested. - 3. How far the British West Indies were injured by the late Proclamation fully investigated; the Amount of their Wants discovered; Modes of Supply shewn; And the Policy of admitting the American Vessels into their Ports amply argued. - 4. An Enquiry how far a Commercial Treaty with the American States is necessary, or would be advantageous: What the Laws of England have already provided on this Subject; and the fundamental Laws of the United States compared with them. By George Chalmers, author of Political annals of the revolted colonies, and of An estimate of the comparative strength of Britain.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.Date: 1785- Journals
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Foreign policy bulletin : the documentary record of United States foreign policy.
Date: [1990]-©2012- Books
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An ordinance, to amend an ordinance, entitled, "An ordinance for establishing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas."
United States.Date: 1783]- Books
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A digest of the laws of the United States of America. Being a complete system, (alphabetically arranged) of all the public acts of Congress now in force - from the commencement of the federal government, to the end of the third session of the fifth Congress, which terminated in March 1799, inclusive. By Thomas Herty, editor of an abridgment of the laws of Maryland.
Herty, Thomas.Date: 1800- Books
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Message from the president of the United States, accompanying an extract of a letter from the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at London, to the secretary of state, dated the 16th of November, 1798, and an edict (or arrete) of the Executive Directory of the French Republic, of the 29th of October, 1798. 28th January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table.
France. Directoire exécutif.Date: 1799