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Flag flying dynamics
A flag is flown at half-mast in memoriam as long as deemed appropriate by the head-of-state of the sovereignty. Note that in U.S. state governors are deemed to be sovereign within their states in ...
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1785 state [sic -- see the postscript below] census of Vermont?
My suspicion is that these are from some form of electoral roll or tax register, not a census proper - as noted, there's no obvious evidence of a 1785 census.
There was, however, a "Grand List" of ...
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History of the 1793 revision of the constitution of Vermont
The Vermont Secretary of State maintains a site, Vermont Constitutions, which contains a link to the Records of the Council of Censors, which downloads a document, published in 1991, and containing ...
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1785 state [sic -- see the postscript below] census of Vermont?
Perhaps this answer will not lay the matter to rest forever, but I wrote to the Vermont Historical Society about this web page's assertion. Someone there who was conversant with the history of Vermont ...
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What was said about Vermont in the Paris negotiations of 1782?
Bearing in mind the dates already mentioned in the OP, and the fact that the British evacuation of New York City did not occur until November 25, 1783, there was no functioning government of New York ...
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Have any opinions by Fanny Allen of her father's book on theology survived?
It appears she had read the book, and her opinion on the subject changed during her life.
Information had been recorded within the church, and this book pgs 487-490, listed as a source from the ...
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