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2. Ticket of leave - Wikipedia

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   The ticket of leave system was first introduced by Governor Philip Gidley King in 1801. Its principal aim was to reduce the burden on the fledgling colonial government of providing food from the government's limited stores to the convicts who were being transported from the United Kingdom to Australia and its colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania.

3. Italians in the United States before 1880 - Wikipedia

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   Statue of Francesco Vigo, who aided the colonial forces of George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War The United States Declaration of Independence.In 1773–1785, Filippo Mazzei, a physician and promoter of liberty, published a pamphlet containing the phrase "All men are by nature equally free and independent", which Thomas Jefferson incorporated into the Declaration of ...

4. tar (computing) - Wikipedia

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   In computing, tar is a computer software utility for collecting many files into one archive file, often referred to as a tarball, for distribution or backup purposes. The name is derived from "tape archive", as it was originally developed to write data to sequential I/O devices with no file system of their own, such as devices that use magnetic tape.

5. Military Peace Establishment Act - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The Military Peace Establishment Act documented and advanced a new set of laws and limits for the U.S. military. It was approved by Congress and signed on March 16, 1802, by President Thomas Jefferson, who was fundamental in its drafting and proposal. The Act outlined in 29 sections the rules, the number of officers and military personnel ...

6. Class number formula - Wikipedia

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   The idea of the proof of the class number formula is most easily seen when K = Q(i).In this case, the ring of integers in K is the Gaussian integers.. An elementary manipulation shows that the residue of the Dedekind zeta function at s = 1 is the average of the coefficients of the Dirichlet series representation of the Dedekind zeta function.

7. Jefferson's Manual - Wikipedia

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   Jefferson's. Manual. A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1801, is the first American book on parliamentary procedure. As Vice President of the United States, Jefferson served as the Senate's presiding officer from 1797 to 1801. Throughout these four years, Jefferson ...

8. First inauguration of Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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   The first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the United States was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1801. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Thomas Jefferson as president and the only four-year term of Aaron Burr as vice president. Jefferson was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John ...

9. History of steam road vehicles - Wikipedia

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   The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such as the traction engine. The first experimental vehicles were built in the 18th and ...