Senate legislative journal
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Senate legislative journal
(Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791, v. 1)
Johns Hopkins University Press, c1972
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The "Journal of the first session of the Senate of the United States of America (New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789). E-22207; Journal of the second session of the Senate of the United States of America (New York: John Fenno, 1790). E-22982; Journal of the third session of the Senate of the United States of America (Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791). E-23901" have been taken as the basic text for this edition
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Volumes 12 and 13 of this highly acclaimed documentary edition cover the first Congress's second session, from January to August 1790. Among other important issues in this critical period, Congress debated Hamilton's report on the public credit, federal assumption of state Revolutionary War debts, and antislavery petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers. The editors once more have assembled the most complete and reliable text of the debates by examining a variety of sources: stenographer Thomas Lloyd's shorthand notes, his 'Congressional Register', and contemporary newspaper accounts. Praise for previous volumes: "A treasure-trove of incomparable knowledge about the beginnings of Congress."--'Presidential Studies Quarterly.' "A window into [the] time...Rich in anecdotes and illuminating detail."--'Washington Post.'
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