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(September 9, 1850), was the 31st State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of California, adopted May 7, 1879, stated: Preamble. We, the People of the State of California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution.2890 Article I, Section 4. … Continue reading “CALIFORNIA,
STATE OF”

(November 13, 1850–December 3, 1894), was a Scottish author and novelist. He wrote: New Arabian Nights, 1882; Treasure Island, 1883; A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1885; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886; and Kidnapped, 1886. He suffered from tuberculosis, and in an effort to improve his health, sailed with his American wife to the Island … Continue reading “STEVENSON,
ROBERT LOUIS”

(December 28, 1846), was the 29th State admitted to the Union. On August 7, 1789, slavery was prohibited from entering the territory of Iowa by an Act of Congress entitled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio,” Article VI, introduce by Rufus King and signed … Continue reading “IOWA,
STATE OF”

(1846), stated: In God We Trust.2879

(1846), in the case of City of Charleston v. S.A. Benjamin, cites an individual who wilfully broke an Ordinance which stated: No person or persons whatsoever shall publicly expose to sale, or sell … any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever upon the Lords’s day.2880 The prosecuting attorney astutely explained the premise, stating: Christianity is a … Continue reading “SOUTH
CAROLINA SUPREME COURT”

(February 15, 1845–February 7, 1937), was appointed Secretary of War in President William McKinley’s administration, 1899–1904; Secretary of State in President Theodore Roosevelt’s administration, 1905–12; won the Nobel Peace Prize, 1912; was a U.S. Senator, 1909–15; president of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915; a U.S. district attorney for the southern district of … Continue reading “ROOT,
ELIHU”

(December 29, 1845), was the 28th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted August 27, 1845), stated: Preamble. We, the people of the Republic of Texas. acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God, in permitting us to make a choice of our form of government, do, in … Continue reading “TEXAS,
STATE OF”

(1844–1919), was a professor of Anatomy at Cambridge, and an author of textbooks in physiology and zoology. He related: I think the widespread impression of the agnosticism of scientific men is largely due to the attitude taken up by a few of the great popularizers of science, like Tyndall and Huxley. It has been my … Continue reading “MACALISTER,
ALEXANDER”

(November 12, 1842–June 30, 1919), 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a scientist at Cambridge, 1879–84; a member of the Royal Institution, 1887–1905; and the chancellor of Cambridge, 1908–19. He was the co-discoverer of Argon, 1895; as well as other rare gases. He pioneered the studies of electromagnetic wave motion, optics, sonics, gas dynamics, as well as … Continue reading “STRUTT,
JOHN WILLIAM, LORD”

(January 29, 1843–September 14, 1901), was the 25th President of the United States, 1897–1901, assassinated shortly after re-election; won the Spanish-American War, 1898; annexed Guam, Puerto Rico, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Islands, under Admiral George Dewey; defeated the Spanish in Cuba under Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the “Roughriders”; put down the Boxer Rebellion in … Continue reading “MCKINLEY,
WILLIAM”