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The summer of 1787 : the men who invented the Constitution / David O. Stewart.
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- ISBN: 9780743286923
- ISBN: 0743286928
- Physical Description: xi, 349 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-334) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | delegates -- United States in 1787 -- Ch. 1. It started at Mount Vernon : March 1785 -- Ch. 2. Blood on the snow : winter 1787 -- Ch. 3. "A house on fire" : spring 1787 -- Ch. 4. Demigods and Coxcombs assemble : May 1787 -- Ch. 5. Virginia leads : May 25-June 1 -- Ch. 6. Wilson's Bargain : May 31-June 10 -- Ch. 7. Three-fifths of a human being : June 11 -- Ch. 8. Festina Lente : June 12-19 -- Ch. 9. To the brink : June 21-July 10 -- Ch. 10. small states win : July 11-17 -- Ch. 11. touch of a feather : July 9-14 -- Ch. 12. Ipswich miracle : July 13 -- Ch. 13. presidential muddle : July 17-26 -- Ch. 14. Rutledge hijacks the constitution : July 27-August 6 -- Ch. 15. Back to work : August 6 -- Ch. 16. curse of heaven : August 8-29 -- Ch. 17. David Brearley's presidency : August 24-September 7 -- Ch. 18. loyal opposition : August 31 -- Ch. 19. With all its faults : September 8-17 -- Ch. 20. Happiness, perpetual and otherwise : July 4, 1788 -- Ch. 21. Making amends -- App. 1. elector system -- App. 2. constitution of 1787. |
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