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

Volume XIV of this widely acclaimed series takes us to the third session of Congress in December 1790, when for the first time under the new Constitution Congress took up quarters at Philadelphia. House and Senate met in cramped Congress Hall, which, in tacit comment on the fragility of the new federal government, the nearby Pennsylvania State House overshadowed.

During this session Congress debated the federal courts, state militias and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801850150
• ISBN13: 9780801850158
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 1000 Pages
• Weight: 3.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher