The Congress shall have Power To…promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries…. Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 With these words, the Founders acknowledged the value of knowledge and technology to [...]
The Dover WWI Memorial is on Central Avenue in Dover, New Hampshire, in front of the Municipal Building (City Hall.) The memorial consists of three plaques mounted on a stone base. Plaque on left, list of names in three columns. Left Plaque, Column 1: ABRAHAM ELI B AINSWORTH RICHARD W AINSWORTH ROBERT O ALECK KREWEC [...]
I’ve been reading through the early laws of Massachusetts Bay, the 17th century colonial laws, excerpting those that are most-relevant to genealogists, such as those pertaining to qualifications for marriage, processing of estates, land transactions and such. I think this could make a useful pamphlet or e-book. In order to find these nuggets, however, I [...]
