Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Debates in the House of Representatives, Second Session: April-August 1790 (Volume 13) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801845777 ISBN 13: 9780801845772

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Helen E. Veit is associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791; Charlene Bangs Bickford is director and co-editor of DHFFC; Kenneth R. Bowling is co-editor of the DHFFC; and William C. DiGiacomantonio is assistant editor of the DHFFC.

Review:

"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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801845777
• ISBN 13: 9780801845772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 888
• Editor: Congress United States, Veit Helen E., Bickford Charlene Bangs, Bowling Kenneth R.