Iredell
Americannoun
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According to a Jan. 8 incident report by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office, a backpack and $30,000 in cash were stolen from Biffle’s home in Mooreville, N.C.
From Los Angeles Times
Iredell was unstinting in his mockery of such fearmongering: “Sir, it is impossible to treat such idle fears with any degree of gravity.”
From Slate
Iredell knew there is no response to such mockery but more mockery.
From Slate
Religious tests, Iredell knew, had never done anything to keep the opportunistic out of office.
From Slate
On July 30, 1788, during debate in the North Carolina ratifying convention over whether the state would sign on to the proposed federal Constitution, pro-Constitution delegate James Iredell rose to confront what he considered a risible objection to the document brought by some of his colleagues.
From Slate
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