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George Mason to John Mason, March 13, 1789: https:// www.consource.or g/document/ george-mason-to- john-mason-1789 -3-13/

Marquis de Lafayette to his fellow European Baron von Steuben, March 12, 1778: https:// www.consource.or g/document/ marquis-de-lafay ette-to-baron-v on-steuben-1778 -3-12/

A report of an incident in the House of Representatives over congressional power to charter a bank, March 11, 1798: https:// www.consource.or g/document/ baldwin-incident -in-house-of-re presentatives-1 798-3-11/

The Supreme Court handed down its famous decision in the Amistad case #OTD in 1841. John Quincy Adams had helped argue successfully on behalf of the enslaved men whose freedom was recognized by the decision.https:// www.oyez.org/ cases/1789-1850/ None

The Federalist #65, by Alexander Hamilton, March 7, 1788:

John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v Maryland, a key case broadly interpreting the powers of the federal governm… https://t.co/eG9Q2gaiLv

John Jay's fifth and last essay in the Federalist Papers was published #OTD in 1788. He had written the second, thi… https://t.co/AQbmf9ehgx

#OTD in 1789, the new United States government officially came into being. It would lack a president until George W… https://t.co/kz3JKSddHl

Luther Martin's Reply to the Landholder, March 3, 1788: https://t.co/ZyCsKTjOZR

George Washington to James Madison, March 2, 1788: https://t.co/UWZMuKhUeu #OTD