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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Here it is in its entirety, ver­ba­tim from the orig­i­nal — Gen­eral Thanks­giv­ing By the PRESIDENT of the United States Of Amer­ica A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowl­edge the prov­i­dence of Almighty God, to … Con­tinue read­ing →

24. November 2010 by Glenn Vance
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Elijah McCoy, Lewis Latimer and Granville Woods: African-American Inventors of the 19th Century — A Postscript

I got my paper back from Dr. Sul­li­van the other night. For some rea­son, as with every­thing in this class the past semes­ter, I’ve been a tad ner­vous when receiv­ing some­thing back that has been graded; it’s just a thing … Con­tinue read­ing →

22. June 2010 by Glenn Vance
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Elijah McCoy, Lewis Latimer and Granville Woods: African-American Inventors of the 19th Century — Part 6 — How They Made a Difference and Conclusion

Each of the men dis­cussed in this paper made a rather remark­able con­tri­bu­tion to the sci­en­tific pur­suits, some more last­ing than oth­ers. McCoy’s inven­tion has prob­a­bly been the one with the longest-lasting sig­nif­i­cance. As was true then, if you don’t … Con­tinue read­ing →

21. June 2010 by Glenn Vance
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Elijah McCoy, Lewis Latimer and Granville Woods: African-American Inventors of the 19th Century — Part 5 — The Fruit of Their Labor

While McCoy’s inven­tions earned mil­lions of dol­lars in profit, lit­tle of that money found its way into his pock­ets. Because he lacked the finan­cial back­ing to man­u­fac­ture his lubri­ca­tors him­self in large num­bers he sold many of his patent rights … Con­tinue read­ing →

14. June 2010 by Glenn Vance
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