Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Register of Debates in Congress
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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The Congressional Globe
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Annals of the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Washington's Farewell Address
Author: George Washington
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Category : Nullification (States' rights)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Nullification (States' rights)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Monthly Catalog, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1788
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Alexander Hamilton's Famous Report on Manufactures
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
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Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The First Congress
Author: Fergus M. Bordewich
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451692110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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"The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today. The Constitution was a broad set of principles. It was left to the members of the First Congress and President George Washington to create the machinery that would make the government work. Fortunately, James Madison, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and others less well known today, rose to the occasion. During two years of often fierce political struggle, they passed the first ten amendments to the Constitution; they resolved bitter regional rivalries to choose the site of the new national capital; they set in place the procedure for admitting new states to the union; and much more. But the First Congress also confronted some issues that remain to this day: the conflict between states' rights and the powers of national government; the proper balance between legislative and executive power; the respective roles of the federal and state judiciaries; and funding the central government. Other issues, such as slavery, would fester for decades before being resolved. The First Congress tells the dramatic story of the two remarkable years when Washington, Madison, and their dedicated colleagues struggled to successfully create our government, an achievement that has lasted to the present day."--Publisher website.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451692110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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"The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today. The Constitution was a broad set of principles. It was left to the members of the First Congress and President George Washington to create the machinery that would make the government work. Fortunately, James Madison, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and others less well known today, rose to the occasion. During two years of often fierce political struggle, they passed the first ten amendments to the Constitution; they resolved bitter regional rivalries to choose the site of the new national capital; they set in place the procedure for admitting new states to the union; and much more. But the First Congress also confronted some issues that remain to this day: the conflict between states' rights and the powers of national government; the proper balance between legislative and executive power; the respective roles of the federal and state judiciaries; and funding the central government. Other issues, such as slavery, would fester for decades before being resolved. The First Congress tells the dramatic story of the two remarkable years when Washington, Madison, and their dedicated colleagues struggled to successfully create our government, an achievement that has lasted to the present day."--Publisher website.
Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States
Author: Alexander Hamilton
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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