American State Papers; Documents, Legislative And Executive, Of The Congress Of The United States, From The First Session Of The First To The Second S

Lowrie, Walter

ISBN 10: 9354540457 / ISBN 13: 9789354540455

Published by Alpha Editions 2021-04, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American State Papers; Documents, Legislative And Executive, Of The Congress Of The United States, From The First Session Of The First To The Second S
• Publisher: Alpha Editions 2021-04
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354540457
• ISBN 13: 9789354540455
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Before the United States had a century of myth, it had minutes, memorials, and motions. The Republic speaks for itself. American State Papers, Miscellaneous Volume I gathers the working evidence of government from 1789 to 1809, the early American republic at full stretch. Edited by Walter Lowrie, this congressional records anthology forms a primary source document collection of petitions, communications, and other federal government papers compilation items that reveal how policy was argued, funded, and enforced. You will find us legislative history documents beside executive branch reports and early national policy papers, capturing the United States founding era in its own administrative voice. The range is deliberately broad: accounts, claims, land business, military concerns, and the daily mechanics of a new federal state. For historians, writers, and annals of congress readers, it is a historical research sourcebook that anchors debates on diplomacy, commerce, finance, and the machinery of the new Union. Kept beside constitutional debates and newspaper accounts, it lets you check the record rather than the retelling, from committee room to Cabinet table quickly directly. For collectors and curious non-specialists, it offers the texture of decision-making: the pressure points, priorities, and uncertainties behind the familiar narrative of American founding primary sources. Follow words into action, and action into precedent. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and an enduring academic library reference.