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  2. Samuel Maclay - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, Maclay was an opponent of the Embargo Act which had been passed during President Jefferson's second term. Despite the eventual repeal of the Embargo Act, Madison secured Pennsylvania's support and Maclay realized that he was out of step with his fellow party members and Pennsylvanians.

  3. Category:1790 in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    1790 Pennsylvania elections (1 P) This page was last edited on 9 May 2022, at 08:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ... Code of Conduct;

  4. List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901 - Wikipedia

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    Dec. 27, 1790: Provisions of the Act for the Collection of Duties extended to act of August 10, 1790. An Act supplementary to the act intitled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.” Sess. 3, ch. 1 1 Stat. 188 (chapter 1) 2: Jan. 7, 1791: Unlading of Ships and Vessels in cases of Obstruction by Ice.

  5. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...

  6. Pennsylvania Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania has had five constitutions during its statehood: [4] 1776, 1790, 1838, 1874, and 1968. Prior to that, the colonial Province of Pennsylvania was governed for a century by a book titled Frame of Government, written by William Penn, of which there were four versions: 1682, 1683, 1696, and 1701. [5]

  7. Law of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The regulations are codified in the Pennsylvania Code (Pa. Code). [6] The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the weekly gazette containing proposed, enacted and emergency rules and other notices and important documents. [7] Changes in the Pennsylvania Code are made via the Pennsylvania Code Reporter, a monthly loose-leaf supplement. [7] They are compiled ...

  8. Code of law - Wikipedia

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    First page of the 1804 original edition of the Napoleonic Code. A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a systematic collection of statutes.It is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification. [1]

  9. Relinquishment of United States nationality - Wikipedia

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    Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–653) United States Supreme Court cases (including cases involving the Bancroft Treaties, Sections 2 and 3 of the Expatriation Act of 1907, and Section 401 of the Nationality Act of 1940) Mackenzie v. Hare, 239 U.S. 299 (1915) Perkins v. Elg, 307 U.S. 325 (1939) Savorgnan v.