E-Resources
The Life and Public Services of Justin Smith Morril
Willaim Belmomt Parker, 1924
Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, on the bill granting lands for agricultural colleges
Library of Congress, 1858
History of the History of the Morrill Land Grant Act
Justin Morrill’s Speech April 19th, 1858
“We have schools to teach the art of man slaying and to make masters of ‘deep-throated engines’ of war; and shall we not have schools to teach men the way to feed, clothe, and enlighten the great brotherhood of man?”
— Justin Smith Morrill
On the Education Bill
Justin Morrill. US SENATE, 1880
It was 28 years after the 1862 land-grant system was established that Justin Morrill introduced a Second Morrill Act to address the race-restrictions. The Second Morrill Act of 1890 required the former Confederate states to establish sister universities for Blacks — creating the 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities
AG Daily
The Gilded Age In American History
VINCENT P. DESANTIS
Volume VII, Number 2
Winter, 1988
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums
Gardening the Gilded Age: Creating the Landscape of the Future
Jackie L. Perkins, 2021
Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden
The pleasure ground was consistently associated with beauty, order, and the improvement of nature
National Gallery of Art
Cultivating Gentlemen
The Meaning of Country Life among the Boston Elite 1785-1860
Tamara Platkins Thronton, 1989
The Moral Dimensions of Horticulture in Antebellum America
Tamara Platkins Thronton, 1894
Some Horticultural Activities of Justin Smith Morrill
A publication of The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 1968
America and the State that “Stayed Behind”: An Argument or the National Relevance of Vermont History
Paul Searles, Vermont History 71 (Winter/Spring 2003): Vermont Historical Society.
The Role of Vermont in Shaping American Democracy
The governance structure of the Vermont Republic was revolutionary for its time. It was characterized by a remarkable degree of local autonomy, allowing communities to make decisions that directly affected their lives. This emphasis on local governance foreshadowed the town meeting system that would later become a hallmark of Vermont's political identity.
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