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Date Created1864-03
DescriptionThe United States Sanitary Commission was established on June 13, 1861 by President Lincoln, for the purpose of supporting the Northern Armies with supplies and medical care. Each State had its own...
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Date Issued1990-1999
DescriptionChapters 73 and 74 of History of Union and Middlexes Counties, New Jersey. Middlesex County in the War of The Rebellion detailed the draft history of 1861 in Middlesex County. Included regimental...
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Date Created1861-1865
DescriptionAn 'extra' page from the pro-abolition press of Camden County listing men drafted into service in the Civil War from Camden, Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties of New Jersey.
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AuthorKrebs, Ronald R.; Licklider, Roy
Date Created2016
DescriptionThe single strongest predictor of civil war is a nation having had one in the past, and preventing the recurrence of civil war has thus become the critical problem for both scholarship and policy. The...
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AuthorKovacs, Kathryn E.
Date Issued2010
DescriptionThe Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 paves an essential avenue to the courthouse door for plaintiffs challenging military decision making, particularly those alleging that the military has...
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AuthorNoll, David L.
Date Created2019
DescriptionFrom the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the opioid crisis, multidistrict litigation— or simply MDL—has become the preeminent forum for devising solutions to the most difficult problems in the...
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Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionWooden butter ladles were used to handle freshly churned butter and also to mold the butter into squares or circles. Using this ladle to mold the butter would ensure that pockets of air or liquid in...
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Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionA fluting machine was a staple in households in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This type of iron was used to create fluted, or pleated, trimmings on women’s dresses.
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Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionA sadiron was a type of smoothening iron developed in the 17th century. Even though ironing was an extremely hated chore, the name “sadiron” did not develop from the modern meaning of the word...
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Date Created1850-1900
DescriptionThis ice pick was used to break ice blocks into smaller pieces for cooling drinks and food. Before modern refrigerators, ice picks were essential tools to have at home. Frederick Andrews, Bound Brook...