Tag: us

• Daniel Webster on Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession

  

  A career-defining speech on slavery and the constitution, given by NH native Daniel Webster to the US Senate on 7 March, 1850 …

  Marek

  6 October, 2012

  1850s, Civil War, constitution, Daniel Webster, politics

  Daniel Webster, fugitive slave law, secession, senate, slavery, speech, us

• Video: “John Weeks, 1911”

  

  A sing-along music video based on the landmark Weeks Act of 1911… ALSO SEE: The Weeks Act Comic! >> DOWNLOAD:Printable 2-page PDF 2-page JPG version: SOURCE MATERIALS: Here are some of the primary sources that helped make this song & comic possible: The Weeks Act itself = I looked up the pages from the 1911 congressional…

  Marek

  5 October, 2012

  1910s, constitution, environment, forestry, John Wingate Weeks, Lancaster, legislative branch, mills, politics, video, White Mountains

  1911, congress, forestry, John Weeks, john wingate weeks, law, nh, us, water, watersheds, Weeks Act