Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791
correspondence: first session, june - august 1789
$397.92
- Hardcover
776 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2004
Summary
“A monument of careful yet easily usable scholarship. The formal legislative record always needs to be supplemented by the evidence of personal correspondence. This correspondence is in its own important way a memorial to a crucial moment in the translation of the constitution from founding text into functioning document, because it helped to establish the links necessary to maintain loyalty to the new government. The completion of the DHFFC will fill in one of the most exciting and momentous…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801871610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0801871611 |
| Author: | Charlene Bangs Bickford |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 776 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2004 |
| Weight: | 1.23kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 46mm |
| Series: | Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791 |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This complete and well-edited record of the First Federal Congress is a model documentary edition. Historians of the early republic owe thanks to the editors and publisher of this exemplary collection. – Kenneth R. Stevens Journal of the Early Republic
About The Author
Charlene Bangs Bickford
Charlene Bangs Bickford is director and coeditor of The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791. Kenneth R. Bowling serves as coeditor of the DHFFC. William C. diGiacomantonio and Helen E. Veit, are associate editors of the DHFFC.
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