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field libraries. NAL was established on May 15, 1862, by the signing of the Organic Act by Abraham Lincoln. It served as a departmental library until 1962

Supreme Court ruled in Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), that the privilege also could not be used in civil suits. These cases established the legal precedent

Stephen Sherry. The precursor of the National Library of Medicine, established in 1836, was the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, a part of the

a predecessor. Typically, a new president reviews in-force executive orders in the first few weeks in office. The United States Constitution does not have

A provisional agreement had been established in 1732. Negotiations continued until a final agreement was signed in 1760. The agreement defined the border

founded in 1791, and the 6th Congress held the first session in the unfinished Capitol Building in 1800 after the capital moved from Philadelphia. In 1801

private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas

attacked and ransacked in Morgan's Raid, starting in Harrison in the west and culminating in the Battle of Salineville near West Point in the far east. While

File:Widener Library.jpg Harvard Library, the largest academic library in the world with 20.4 million holdings, is centered in Widener Library in Harvard Yard

By the year 1933, the department was well established in Washington and very well known in rural America. In the agricultural field the picture was different

Navy established itself as a player in United States foreign policy through the actions of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in Japan, which resulted in the Convention

States, established in 1791 and renamed the United States Army in 1796. In 1798, during the Quasi-War with France, the U.S. Congress established a three-year

000 employees in 1924. File:Historic Post Office in Mineral Wells, Texas.JPG In 1912, carrier service was announced for establishment in towns of second

was not targeted directly at libraries, the American Library Association (ALA), in particular, opposed this provision. In a resolution passed on June 29

first income tax was passed in 1862: The initial rate was 3% on income over $800, which exempted most wage-earners. In 1862 the rate was 3% on income between

the United States. Twelve national cemeteries were established in 1862. A total of 34 were established during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Additional

(STB) – spun off as an independent federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment

facility in Beltsville, Md., were fed tongues, brains and hearts of cats purchased in at a meat market in China. Dogs purchased from shelters in Colombia

introduce bills and resolutions, and in recent Congresses they vote in permanent and select committees, in party caucuses and in joint conferences with the Senate

of the death sentences. In December 1862, 38 of them were hanged, this is the largest mass execution in United States history. In early 1863, Ramsey resigned