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Jun 28, 2024 · Legislative profile for Sen. William Branch Giles [R-VA, 1811-1815], the former Senator from Virginia.
Jun 28, 2024 · O n December 26, 1825, Jefferson, dismayed by the presidency of John Quincy Adams and John Marshall’s Supreme Court, wrote a missive, excerpted below, on the role of government, to former Virginia...
2 days ago · In early 1793, Jefferson secretly prepared resolutions introduced by Virginia Congressman William Branch Giles designed to repudiate Hamilton and weaken the Washington Administration. Hamilton defended his administration of the nation's complicated financial affairs, which none of his critics could decipher until the arrival in Congress of ...
1 day ago · He joined fellow legislator Benjamin W. Leigh in supporting the censure of U.S. senators William Branch Giles and Richard Brent of Virginia who had, against the Virginia legislature's instructions, voted for the recharter of the First Bank of the United States.
3 days ago · Scott convinced U.S. Senator William Branch Giles, a family friend, to help him obtain a commission in the newly expanded army. In May 1808, shortly before his twenty-second birthday, Scott was commissioned as a captain in the light artillery.
Jun 26, 2024 · Virginia Yearbooks Digital Collection. The Virginia Yearbooks Digital Collection is an ongoing project in partnership with Virginia's local public libraries, LYRASIS, and IMLS to make public high school yearbooks available online.
2 days ago · William Durrant participating in a parade of Army Cadets through Wisbech. (Image: Courtesy of the Durrant Family) William Durrant as Standard Bearer for the Royal British Legion. Colonel Mark Knight MBE, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, first met Mr Durrant when he was a young Army Cadet at Tydd St Giles in 1968.
