Title: DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FIRST FEDERAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MARCH 4, 1789-MARCH 3, 1791 Correspondence: First Session, June - August 1789, Volume 16
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0801871611
ISBN 13: 9780801871610
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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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.

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Charlene Bangs Bickford is the director and coeditor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791.

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