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Constitutional chaff. : Rejected suggestions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, with explanatory argument

Title
Constitutional chaff. : Rejected suggestions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, with explanatory argument / Compiled by Jane Butzner from the notes of James Madison ... Major William Pierce ... Dr. James McHenry ... Rufus King ... and the Honorable Robert Yates ...
Author
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 1941.

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Additional Authors
  • Madison, James, 1751-1836.
  • Pierce, William, 1740-1789.
  • McHenry, James, 1753-1816.
  • King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
  • Yates, Robert, 1738-1801.
  • Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006
Description
197 pages; 24 cm
Subject
Note
  • "The source of the notes from which this book was compiled is, Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American states, House documents no. 398, 69th Congress, first session."--Pref.
  • Appendices: A. What the authors of the Constitution thought about the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.--B. What the authors of the Constitution thought about a limitation on the number of terms for the president.--C. Character sketches of the delegates to the Constitutional convention, by Major William Pierce.--D. The Constitution of the United States.
LCCN
41001575
OCLC
  • ocm00684750
  • SCSB-3990816
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries