Samuel Johnston, the governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789 owned the farm - and oversaw the state convention that ratified the Constitution. One hundred copies of the U.S. Constitution were ...

He was the governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789 and oversaw the state convention during his last year in office that ...

The original 1789 Constitution enumerated highly specific powers enabling Congress to construct the legal framework essential for a broadly prosperous national market—powers to regulate ...

The property was being cleared after being sold to the state when the Constitution was discovered. Hayes Farm was owned by Samuel Johnston – the governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789 ...

The subsequent constitutions for the Union — the 1781 Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and the 1789 Constitution of the United States of America — were legalistic in their wording.

U.S. lawmakers have come a long way since making $6 a day in 1789, but their six-figure annual salary has ... Section 6 of ...

He was the governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789 and oversaw the state convention during his last year in office that ratified the Constitution.The copy was found inside a squat ...

Voting in the 19th century usually involved casting a printed paper ballot. State election laws typically specified the dimensions and thickness of the paper, and the size of type to be used. The rest ...

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, printed 237 years ago, is set to be auctioned Thursday in North Carolina. The document, which was sent to the states for ratification after the Constitutional ...

In fact, the clause was hotly disputed in some states during the 1788–1789 struggles over ratification of the Constitution. The main objection was that “Jews,” “Turks,” “infidels,” ...