Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Debates in the House of Representative

by U.S. Congress

Volumes 12 and 13 of this highly acclaimed documentary edition cover the first Congress's second session, from January to August 1790. Among other important issues in this critical period, Congress debated Hamilton's report on the public credit, federal assumption of state Revolutionary War debts, and antislavery petitions from Pennsylvania Quakers. The editors once more have assembled the most complete and reliable text of the debates by examining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845777
• ISBN13: 9780801845772
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 888 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher