Historians believe that the author of Acts did not have access to a collection of Paul's letters.

Historians including Donald Grinde, Bruce Johansen and others believe that the Iroquois constitution provided inspiration for the United States Constitution and in 1988 was recognised by a resolution in Congress.

Historians widely believe that the widower Thomas Jefferson, both before and during his presidency of the United States in the early 19th century, had an intimate relationship of 38 years with his mixed-race slave Sally Hemings, in such an arrangement, and fathered all of her six children of record.

Historians believe that many of the indigenous peoples of Liberia migrated there from the north and east between the 12th and 16th centuries AD.

Historians such as Joseph Needham have seen this group as developing a precursor philosophy of science that was never fully developed, but others believe that recognizing the Logicians as proto-scientists reveals too much of a modern bias.

Historians believe that parchment craft originated as an art form in Europe during the 15th or 16th century.

Historians believe that nutmeg was introduced to Europe in the 6th century BCE.

Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay in 12th century France, where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand.

" Historians now believe that no such telegrams ever were sent.

Historians believe that there was a forerunner to the present day Brunei Sultanate.

Historians believe that they were all either displaced or absorbed by the ancestors of the present inhabitants.

Historians believe that they were all either displaced or absorbed by the ancestors of the present inhabitants.

Historians believe that the pilgrimage was a deliberate act by Isabella on Edward's behalf to create a casus belli.

Historians believe that Chief Black Kettle, head of the band, was not part of the war party within the Plains tribes.

Historians believe that the practice of wearing white surcoats was picked up from the Turks during the crusades, and their purpose was to reflect heat, thus protecting mail from direct sun, which heated the mail and the soldier inside.

Historians believe that disease epidemics contributed to the depopulation and collapse of the Mississippian culture.

Historians believe that one of Patel's key achievements was the building of cohesion and trust amongst the different castes and communities, which were divided on socio-economic lines.

Historians believe that Patel's speech was instrumental in electrifying nationalists, who had been sceptical of the proposed rebellion.

Historians Arnold W. Gomme and Raphael Sealey believe, and Thucydides reports, that Alcibiades was offended that the Spartans had negotiated that treaty through Nicias and Laches, overlooking him on account of his youth.

Historians were critical of the Bastille in the early 19th century, but now believe the fortress to have been a relatively well-administered institution, albeit deeply implicated in the system of French policing and political control during the 18th century.

Historians believe they have a high degree of falsification ; formal pressure on census takers ( predominantly school-teachers ) was possible, and a new bilingual category was created to further complicate the results.

Historians believe the chief Upanishads were composed over a wide period ranging from the Pre-Buddhist period to the early centuries BCE though minor Upanishads were still being composed in the medieval and early modern period.

Historians believe this poem became instantly famous: in April, the poets of Edo gathered at the bashō hut for a haikai no renga contest on the subject of frogs that seems to have been a tribute to Bashō's hokku, which was placed at the top of the compilation.

Historians believe, however, that Dade County seceded with the State of Georgia and reentered the Union with it.

Historians believe it was used to finance the conspiracy of Aaron Burr.

" Historians and Cold War Origins: The New Consensus ", in Gerald K. Haines and J. Samuel Walker, eds., American Foreign Relations: A Historiographical Review ( 1981 ), 207-236.

Historians have liberally used emperor and, especially so, empire anachronistically and out of its Roman and European context to describe any large state and its ruler in the past and present ; sometimes even to refer to non-monarchically ruled states and their spheres of influence: such examples include the " Athenian Empire " of the late 5th century BC, the " Angevin Empire " of the Plantagenets, or the Soviet and American " empires " of the Cold War era.

* Brown, Elizabeth, ' The Tyranny of a Construct: Feudalism and Historians of Medieval Europe ', American Historical Review, 79 ( 1974 ), pp. 1063 – 8.

The Education of Historians for Twenty-first Century ( 2003 ) report by the Committee on Graduate Education of the American Historical Association

Historians agree he was one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history.

Category: Historians of the American Civil War

* Salibi, K. Maronite Historians of Medieval Lebanon, Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1959.

Historians debate the significance of the election, with many arguing that it marked the beginning of modern American politics, with the decisive establishment of democracy and the formation of the two-party system.

Historians debate if Lincoln gave up on African American colonization at the end of 1863 or if he actually planned to continue this policy up until 1865.

Historians speculate that the Arawak and Carib originated in the South American hinterland and migrated northward, first to the present-day Guianas and then to the Caribbean islands.

Category: Historians of the American Civil War

Category: Historians of the American West

It remains the basis for the Style Guide of the American Anthropological Association and the Style Sheet for the Organization of American Historians.

* The OAH Magazine of History Style Sheet of the Organization of American Historians — Uses The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.

Historians agree that the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859 escalated tensions that, a year later, led to secession and the American Civil War.

Historians conclude that loss of the American colonies enabled Britain to deal with the French Revolution with more unity and organization than would otherwise have been the case.

Category: Historians of the American Civil War

Historians believe the gun fight was racial in nature between the local Hispanic majority and African American mine workers versus the European American county officials.

Category: Historians of the American West

Tom Lewis, in the Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, described NBC's plan for cultural programming and the origin of the NBC Symphony:

* Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

* Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, dealing with United States History 1775-1861