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The Constitution's Penman : Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
Title
The Constitution's Penman : Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter / Dennis C. Rasmussen.
ISBN
9780700634156
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright Notice Date
©[2023]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
"Strikingly few Americans know who wrote their nation's basic political charter. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris has been called "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, and he was a dominant figure at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. In fact, he spoke more often, proposed more motions, and had more motions adopted than any other delegate. He also put the Constitution into its final form, choosing the arrangement and much of the wording of its provisions, not to mention composing the famous preamble ("We the people of the United States . . .") nearly from scratch. The Constitution's Penman is the first book to explore the constitutional vision of this fascinating and neglected figure"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2023
Series
American political thought
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Penman's Story: A Brief Biography
2. A Most Splendid Part: Morris at the Convention
3. A Representative of America: Federalism
4. Checking America's Aristocracy: The Senate
5. Property and the People's Branch: The House of Representatives
6. A Reluctant Architect of the Electoral College: Presidential Selection
7. An Office Fit for Washington: The Presidency
8. That Fortress of the Constitution: The Judiciary
9. The Curse of Heaven: Slavery
10. A Declaration of Motives: The Preamble.
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Biographies
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