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 generally credit João Faras-astronomer and physician of King Manuel I of Portugal who accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil in 1500-for being the first European to depict it correctly.

Historians have noted that the importance of the Drake well was not in being the first well to produce oil, but in attracting the first great wave of investment in oil drilling, refining, and marketing:

Historians have speculated that this is where Cook first felt the lure of the sea while gazing out of the shop window.

In 1 Samuel 9: 6-20, Samuel is seen as a local “ seer .” The Deuteronomistic Historians preserved this view of Samuel while contributing him as “ the first of prophets to articulate the failure of Israel to live up to its covenant with God .” For the Deuteronomistic Historians, Samuel was extension of Moses and continuing Moses ’ function as a prophet, judge, and a priest which made historical Samuel uncertain.

Historians agree that the key that unlocked the door for Williams was his first published book, A Key Into the Language of America ( 1643 ).

Historians have erroneously reported that he mistreated his first wife, Anneke Hermansz ( Annetje Harmensdochter Abeel ), based on records that a Frans Hals was charged with spousal abuse in Haarlem in 1616.

According to Historians Elliot and Dowson in their book The History of India as told by its own Historians, the first ship bearing Muslim travelers was seen on the Indian coast as early as 630 H. G.

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.

Historians debate whether he was " America's first domestic terrorist ".

Historians claim that the first cabin in the county was built around 1745.

Historians have noted that Silver's account of his life experiences during the first half of the 18th century is at variance with the known history of the historical figures he mentions, and that Silver is either exaggerating the range and scope of his exploits for the benefit of Jim Hawkins or for potential pirates he is trying to recruit, or his memory is faulty.

Historians believe Sneferu was the first king of the Fourth Dynasty.

Historians have always suggested that Gorm was buried first in Queen Thyra's grave mound at Jelling, and later moved by his son, Harald Bluetooth, into the original wooden church in Jelling.

Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history.

Historians believe that Topsfield's first Italian families are descended from these masons.

Historians used to believe that Thespis of ancient Athens ( 6th Century BCE ) was the first person to speak lines as an individual actor on stage ( hence the term " thespian " to refer to an individual actor ).

The next edition belongs to the ragusan Anselmo Banduri ( 1711 ) which is collated copy of the first edition and manuscript P. Banduri's edition was reprinted twice: in 1729 in the Venetian collection of the Byzantine Historians and in 1864 Migne republished Banduri's text with a few corrections.

" Historians of medicine note this event as the first recorded historical attempt at a blood transfusion.

Historians consider Beckley to be one of the first American professional campaign managers, and his techniques were quickly adopted in other states.

Historians are unsure where the first lock was invented, but evidence suggests that locks initially developed independently in the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman civilizations.

Historians believe that the first log cabins built in North America were in the Swedish colony of Nya Sverige ( New Sweden ) in the Delaware River and Brandywine River valleys.