| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801 |
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Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801.
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| Contents |
The federal government and the Republican court move to Philadelphia, November 1790-March 1791 / Kenneth R. Bowling -- Philadelphia as the nation's capital, 1790-1800 / Anna Coxe Toogood -- Egbert Benson: a nationalist in Congress, 1789-1793 / Dohn D. Gordan III -- The financier as senator: Robert Morris of Pennsylvania, 1789-1795 / Elizabeth M. Nuxoll -- In opposition: the congressional career of William Branch Giles, 1790-1798 / Mary A. Giunta -- A congressional wife at home: the case of Sarah Thatcher, 1787-1792 / William C. diGiacomantonio -- Separation of powers? relations between the judiciary and other branches of the federal government before 1803 / Wythe Holt -- French cruisers, British prizes, and American sailors: coordinating American foreign policy in the age of fighting sails / William R. Casto -- "The line of my official conduct": George Washington and Congress, 1789-1797 / Jack D. Warren, Jr. -- "The art and address of ministerial management": Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Congress / Joanne B. Freeman -- "Father and protector": President John Adams and Congress in the quasi-war crisis / John Ferling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Congress -- History -- 18th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Congress fast |
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Legislators -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Legislators
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140417
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowling, Kenneth R
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Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
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United States Capitol Historical Society.
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| LC no. |
00024185 |
| ISBN |
0821440365 |
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9780821440360 |
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