However, the discussion is irrelevant because the preamble is non-binding. Objections to the treaty on account of this non-binding language are without merit. It drives home just how pathetically ...

This time, above a Costa Mesa mattress store, it's a 48×14-foot “Treaty of Tripoli” billboard that boldly states, “The United States in in not any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” ...

He wanted to know whether I had the text of the Treaty of Tripoli. I teach American history and might be expected to have such materials or knowledge of them. I did not. I could sing but not “place” ...

Adams did not write that. It was part of the Treaty of Friendship with Tripoli that had been written by Joel Barlow during President Washington’s administration but wasn’t ratified by the ...

A recent letter to the editor that used the Treaty of Tripoli (1797) to argue that the United States was not then considered a Christian nation fails the truth and balance tests. The treaty was ...

One very important such d ocument is the Treaty of Tripoli. In 1795 George Washington sent delegates to negotiate a treaty with Tripoli. The treaty was ratified and signed by President John Adams ...