| The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 16: Commentaries on the Constitution, Public and Private: Volume 4, 1 February Contributor(s): Kaminski, John P. (Editor), Saladino, Gaspare J. (Editor), Leffler, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0870202456 ISBN-13: 9780870202452 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1986 Annotation: This third volume on the ratification campaign in Massachusetts completes the account of this powerful New England state whose influence determined the overall passage of the emerging Constitution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Political Science | Constitutions - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 75014149 |
| Series: Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution |
| Physical Information: 2.03" H x 6.3" W x 9.26" (2.73 lbs) 682 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Commentaries on the Constitution: Public and Private, a six volume series, is an integral but autonomous part of the Ratification series. The documents in this volume present the day-by-day regional and national debates over the Constitution that took place in newspapers, magazines, broadsides, pamphlets, and private letters. This volume covers the months of February and March, 1788. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution. The volumes are encyclopedic, consisting of manuscript and printed documents-contemporary newspapers, broadsides, and pamphlets-compiled from hundreds of sources, copiously annotated, thoroughly indexed, and often accompanied by microfiche supplements. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen has noted that The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series "will be of enduring value centuries hence" and described it as "one of the most interesting documentary publications we have ever had." The American Bar Association Journal has stated, "Each new volume now fills another vital part of the mosaic of national history." |