Correspondence : first session

Author(s)

• Bickford, Charlene Bangs

Bibliographic Information

Correspondence : first session

Charlene Bangs Bickford ... [et al.], editors

（Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791, v. 15-17）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

• March-May 1789
• June-August 1789
• September-November 1789

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

March-May 1789 ISBN 9780801871603

Description

Three new volumes in this acclaimed series present letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress and communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City by 1789. The letters bring the official record to life by providing details about the political process through which Congress began to accomplish its daunting agenda by establishing the first federal revenue system, fleshing out the executive and judicial branches outlined in the Constitution, drafting the Bill of Rights, and beginning to tackle the divisive issue of locating the permanent federal capital. The documents supply a rich source of information about the members' opinions on issues, lives in New York and concerns about their distant families, and the services they provided for constituents, as well as constituent opinions about issues. They also make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government.

Table of Contents

Illustrations Introduction Editorial Method Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Symbols Members of the House of Representatives Members of the Senate Subjects Debated in the House of Representatives Subjects Debated in the Senate Appointees to Office During the First Congress Correspondence: First Session March 1789 April 1789 May 1789

Volume

June-August 1789 ISBN 9780801871610

Description

"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 chapters in American political history."--Jack Rakove, Stanford University. "One of the most imaginative and valuable editorial projects ever undertaken for any aspect of American history."--John M. Murrin, Princeton University "A wealth of materials. For the first time, a significant part of the early history of Congress will be made accessible to legal scholars, a fact that I believe will significantly inform their discourse."--Christine Desan, Harvard University Law School

Table of Contents

Illustrations Correspondence: First Session June 1789 July 1789 August 1789

Volume

September-November 1789 ISBN 9780801871627

Description

"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 chapters in American political history."--Jack Rakove, Stanford University. "One of the most imaginative and valuable editorial projects ever undertaken for any aspect of American history."--John M. Murrin, Princeton University "A wealth of materials. For the first time, a significant part of the early history of Congress will be made accessible to legal scholars, a fact that I believe will significantly inform their discourse."--Christine Desan, Harvard University Law School

Table of Contents

Illustrations Correspondence: First Session September 1789 October 1789 November 1789 December 1789 Residences of Members New York City Weather Charts Biogrphical Gazetteer First Session House Bills First Session Senate Bills Index

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Details

• NCID: BA68024208
• ISBN:
  • 0801871603
  • 0801871611
  • 080187162X
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00526113