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Father W Ferris describes two forms of caid: the "field game" in which the object is to put the ball through arch-like goals, formed from the boughs of two trees; and the epic "cross-country game" which lasts the whole of a Sunday (after Mass) and is won by taking the ball across a parish boundary. [3] "Wrestling", "holding" opposing players ...
The bill passed the Assembly but was defeated in the Senate. [1] The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, criticizing the John Adams administration and asserting the rights of states to interpose on behalf of their citizens, were also introduced to the legislature at the 1798 session but were rejected after significant debate by a vote of 50–43 ...
The 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 29, 1800, and August 1, 1801. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 7th United States Congress convened on December 7, 1801.
May 6 – George S. Greene, Union Army general (died 1899) May 16 – William H. Seward , United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 (died 1872 ) June 1 – Brigham Young , leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1877 )
The 6th United States Congress was the 6th meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(Sess. 1, ch. 40, 2 Stat. 173) On February 19, 1803, the same Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio." (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201 ) The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress states that Ohio was admitted to the Union on November 29, 1802, and counts its seats as ...
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2.1 United Kingdom. 3 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... 1801 New York gubernatorial election; United States Senate election in New York, 1801; Europe