Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791

Correspondence: Second Session, October 1789-March 14, 1790 Volume 18
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9445-9
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 952 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1297 g

Reihe: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791

Through decades of searching, the First Federal Congress Project has collected primary material documenting the debates, decisions, and thoughts of the members of the First Federal Congress. The volumes of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress permit Congress and its staff, historians, political scientists, jurists, educators, students, and others to understand the most important and productive Congress in United States history. Three new volumes present letters written by and to members of the First Federal Congress during its Second Session, as well as communications from other informed individuals at the seat of government in New York City during late 1789 and 1790.

The correspondence brings the official record to life by providing details about the often informal political means by which Congress accomplished its agenda. During this session, the Congress addressed the two most divisive issues facing the young nation: funding the debts from the Revolutionary War (particularly the debts incurred by the individual states) and determining locations for both the temporary and permanent seats of the federal government. It resolved these difficult issues through the Compromise of 1790, silencing sectional threats of disunion for the immediate future.

A rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will also be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Congress, United States

Bickford, Charlene Bangs

Bowling, Kenneth R

Veit, Helen E

Digiacomantonio, William Charles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Editorial Method
Acknowldgments
Abbreviations and Symbols
Members of the House of Representatives
Members of the Senate
Subjects Debated in the House of Representatives
Subjects Debated in the Senate
Appointees to Office During the Second Session
Correspondence: Second Session
October 1789
November 1789
December 1789
January 1790
Febuary 1790
1-14 March 1790

Über Autor(innen)

Bowling, Kenneth R
Kenneth R. Bowling is the coeditor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791

Digiacomantonio, William Charles
William Charles diGiacomantonio is an associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791.

Veit, Helen E
Helen E. Veit is an associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791.

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

Charlene Bangs Bickford is director and coeditor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791. Kenneth R. Bowling serves as coeditor of the DHFFC. William C. diGiacomantonio and Helen E. Veit are associate editors of the DHFFC.