A List of the Members of the Federal Convention of 1787 (Classic Reprint)

A List of the Members of the Federal Convention of 1787 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Paul Leicester Ford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780331522686

Excerpt from A List of the Members of the Federal Convention of 1787 In 1819, when John Quincy Adams by di rection of Congress, edited and published the journal of tire Federal Convention, he drew up from the commissions, etc., filed by the attend ing delegates, a list of the members, including those who were appointed but did not attend, and those who attended but did not sign the completed instrument, making in all a list of sixty-five names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers
Author: Alexander Hamilton
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2018-08-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1528785878

Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.

Friends of the Constitution

Friends of the Constitution
Author: Colleen A. Sheehan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 584
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

There were many writers other than John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton who, in 1787 and 1788, argued for the Constitution's ratification. In a collection central to our understanding of the American founding, Friends of the Constitution brings together forty-nine of the most important of these "other" Federalists' writings. Colleen A. Sheehan is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University. Gary L. McDowell is the Tyler Haynes Interdisciplinary Professor of Leadership Studies, Political Science, and Law at the University of Richmond in Virginia. From 1992 to 2003 he was the Director of the Institute of United States Studies in the University of London.

Decision in Philadelphia

Decision in Philadelphia
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 162064195X

Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus-casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.

Ratification

Ratification
Author: Pauline Maier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0684868555

The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.