THIS READER WILL PROVIDE A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE CREATING AND SHAPING OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. KAMMEN WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE CONSTITU- TION THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT INFLUENCED AND INTERPRETED IT; THE POLITICAL PAMPHLETS, WHERE MANY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WERE FIRST ADDRESSED, THE WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE WRITTEN RECORDS OF VARIOUS DEBATES. THIS READER WILL INCLUDE SELECTIONS FROM "THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, THE ANTI- FEDERALIST PAPERS", MADISON'S NOTES ON THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION OF 1787, DEBATES IB STATE RATIFYING CONVENTIONS AS WELL AS CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MADISON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS AND OTHERS AT THE TIME OF THE DRAFTING AND IN REFLECTION YEARS LATER.
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Among the many publications which have appeared on the subject of political Constructions, none, that I have seen, have properly defined what is meant by a Constitution, that word having been bandied about without any determinate sense being affirmed thereto. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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James Madison, George Washington, New Jersey, Mount Vernon, Alexander Hamilton, New York City, New Hampshire, Thomas Jefferson, The Origins of the American Constitution, Selected Federalist Papers, Edmund Randolph, Foederal Government, Great Britain, Private Correspondence of the Founders, Marquis de Lafayette, North Carolina, Federal Farmer, George Mason, John Jay New!
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Among the many publications which have appeared on the subject of political Constructions, none, that I have seen, have properly defined what is meant by a Constitution, that word having been bandied about without any determinate sense being affirmed thereto. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fcederal government, general legislature, existing confederation, judiciary department, present confederation, other public ministers, offices during good behaviour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
James Madison, George Washington, New Jersey, Mount Vernon, Alexander Hamilton, New York City, New Hampshire, Thomas Jefferson, The Origins of the American Constitution, Selected Federalist Papers, Edmund Randolph, Foederal Government, Great Britain, Private Correspondence of the Founders, Marquis de Lafayette, North Carolina, Federal Farmer, George Mason, John Jay New!
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- Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: v. 4 by Max Farrand in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- James Madison (Encyclopedia of Presidents) by Susan Clinton on page 109, and page 373
- Political Philosophy (Dooyeweerd, H. Selections. Ser. D, V. 1.) by Herman Dooyeweerd on page 126, and Back Matter
- The Federalist Papers (Dodo Press) by James Madison in Front Matter, and page 127
- New Hampshire (Land of Liberty) by Barbara Knox on page 95, and page 116
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- In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action by Ellen Alderman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Gendering of American Politics: Founding Mothers, Founding Fathers, and Political Patriarchy by Mark Kann in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The American Revolution: A History in Documents (Pages from History (Hardback)) by Steven C. Bullock in Back Matter
- Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule (Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy) by John Ferejohn on page 286
- Democracy, Revolution, and Monarchism in Early American Literature (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) by Paul Downes in Back Matter
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