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Address delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania : at the celebration of the 170th anniversary of the landing of Penn, on the first constitution and government of the State of Pennsylvania

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Yale Internet Resource

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Author

Conrad, Robert Taylor, 1810-1858

Published

Philadelphia : King & Baird, Printers, 1853.

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 15, 1779. Whereas by the returns made ... it appears that a large majority of the inhabitants ... think it proper to have a new Constitution ... Resolved ... to form a convention ... to meet at Cambridge ... on the first day of September next ..

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HathiTrust Digital Library >> Online Resource

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Books / Online

3.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1779]

Online

Notification. The male inhabitants of the town of Boston ... are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 3d day of May next ... agreeable to the resolves of the convention passed the 2d of March last, to consider the form of government which has been agreed upon by said convention ... By order of the selectmen. William Cooper, town clerk. N.B. It is desired that all business may suspended [sic], that there may be a full attendance ... Boston, April 24, 1780

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

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Author

Boston (Mass.)

Published

[Boston : s.n., 1780]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 43774

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Books / Microforms

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Notification. The male inhabitants of the town of Boston ... are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 3d day of May next ... agreeable to the resolves of the convention passed the 2d of March last, to consider the form of government which has been agreed upon by said convention ... By order of the selectmen. William Cooper, town clerk. N.B. It is desired that all business may suspended [sic], that there may be a full attendance ... Boston, April 24, 1780

Author

Boston (Mass.)

Published

[Boston : s.n., 1780]

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 19, 1779. Whereas the Constitution or form of civil government ... hath been disapproved ... Resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns within this state cause the freeholders, and other inhabitants ... on or before the last Wednesday of May next, to consider of and determine upon the following questions. ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

6.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1779]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 16362

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Books / Microforms

7.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, February 19, 1779. Whereas the Constitution or form of civil government ... hath been disapproved ... Resolved, that the selectmen of the several towns within this state cause the freeholders, and other inhabitants ... on or before the last Wednesday of May next, to consider of and determine upon the following questions. ..

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1779]

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 15, 1779. Whereas by the returns made ... it appears that a large majority of the inhabitants ... think it proper to have a new Constitution ... Resolved ... to form a convention ... to meet at Cambridge ... on the first day of September next ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

8.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1779]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 16365

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Books / Microforms

9.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 15, 1779. Whereas by the returns made ... it appears that a large majority of the inhabitants ... think it proper to have a new Constitution ... Resolved ... to form a convention ... to meet at Cambridge ... on the first day of September next ..

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1779]

Online

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

10.

At a meeting held at the Philosophical Society-Hall, on Thursday evening, October 17th, 1776. Colonel Bayard unanimously chosen chairman

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 15018

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Books / Microforms

11.

At a meeting held at the Philosophical Society-Hall, on Thursday evening, October 17th, 1776. Colonel Bayard unanimously chosen chairman

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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

12.

An address of the Convention, for framing a new constitution of government, for the state of Massachusetts-Bay, to their constituents

Author

Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1779-1780), author

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State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777. That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state ..

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

13.

Plan or frame of government for the Commonwealth or State of Pennsylvania

Author

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention (1776)

Published

[1776]

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LLMC Digital Collections

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

14.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1777]

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777. That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

15.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1777]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 15433

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Books / Microforms

16.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777. That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ... We do resolve, that it be, and hereby is recommended to the several towns ... to send members to the General Assembly ... to form such a constitution of government, as they shall judge best calculated to promote the happiness of this state ..

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Published

[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1777]

Online

County of Essex, and state of Massachusetts-Bay. Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Newbury-Port in town meeting assembled have adverted to the Constitution, and form of government, lately proposed by the convention ... They have considered the principles upon which that Constitution is formed, and ... found some of them inconsonant ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

17.

The Pennsylvania constitution of 1776 : a study in revolutionary democracy

Author

Selsam, J. Paul (John Paul), 1898-1950

Published

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936.

Location

Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Oky P436 936sb

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Books

18.

Author

Newburyport (Mass.)

Published

[Newburyport, Mass. : Printed by John Mycall, 1778]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 43516

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Books / Microforms

19.

County of Essex, and state of Massachusetts-Bay. Gentlemen, The inhabitants of the town of Newbury-Port in town meeting assembled have adverted to the Constitution, and form of government, lately proposed by the convention ... They have considered the principles upon which that Constitution is formed, and ... found some of them inconsonant ..

Author

Newburyport (Mass.)

Published

[Newburyport, Mass. : Printed by John Mycall, 1778]

Online

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

20.

Author

Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011

Published

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1966.

Location

Law Library >> JK3125 1780 .H27

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Books

21.

Author

Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011

Published

Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1966.

Location

Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> JK3125 1780 H35 (LC)

Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> JK3125 1780 H35

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Books

22.

Memorials against calling a convention, 1779

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Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> Ck2 7 II 3

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Books

23.

Observations upon the present government of Pennsylvania. In four letters to the people of Pennsylvania. ; [Seven lines from Adams]

Author

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Published

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, six doors above Arch-Street., MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 15589

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Books / Microforms

24.

Observations upon the present government of Pennsylvania In four letters to the people of Pennsylvania. [Seven lines from Adams]

Author

Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 .

Published

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, six doors above Arch-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

Online

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

25.

Observations upon the present government of Pennsylvania. In four letters to the people of Pennsylvania. ; [Seven lines from Adams]

Author

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Published

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, six doors above Arch-Street., MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1777 : That the happiness of mankind depends very much on the form and constitution of government they live under ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

26.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court

Online

LLMC Digital Collections

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

27.

Bey einer Versammlung einer Anzahl philadelphischer Bürger, gehalten auf dem Saal der Philosophischen Gesellschaft, den 8ten November, 1776, unter Vorsitz Herrn Peter Chevalier, wurde einmüthig beschlossen ..

Published

[Philadelphia : s.n, 1776]

Online

In the House of Representatives, September 17th, 1776. Resolved, that it be recommended to the male inhabitants of each town ... that they assemble as soon as they can in town-meeting ... and that in such meeting, they consider and determine whether they will give their consent that the present House of Representatives ... together with the Council ... should consult, agree on, and enact such a constitution and form of government for this state ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

28.

Author

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives

Published

[Watertown, Mass. : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 43082

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Books / Microforms

29.

In the House of Representatives, September 17th, 1776. Resolved, that it be recommended to the male inhabitants of each town ... that they assemble as soon as they can in town-meeting ... and that in such meeting, they consider and determine whether they will give their consent that the present House of Representatives ... together with the Council ... should consult, agree on, and enact such a constitution and form of government for this state ..

Author

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives

Published

[Watertown, Mass. : Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1776]

Online

Contributor biographical information

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

30.

Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

Author

United States

Published

New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Location

SML, Stacks, LC Classification >> KF4502 .U537X 2012 (LC)

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Books

31.

America and Enlightenment constitutionalism

Published

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Online

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Location

Law Library >> KF4520 .A76 2006

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Books

32.

America and Enlightenment constitutionalism

Published

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Online

Contributor biographical information

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

33.

America and Enlightenment constitutionalism

Published

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Online

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Location

Library Shelving Facility (LSF) >> KF4520 .A76X 2006 (LC)

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Books

34.

The Pennsylvania constitution of 1776 : a study in revolutionary democracy

Author

Selsam, J. Paul (John Paul), 1898-1950

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

35.

Ratification of the federal Constitution by the state of Delaware

Author

Tunnell, James M. (James Miller), 1879-1957

Online

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Whereas, upon due examination of the returns ... it appears that more than two-thirds of the inhabitants ... have expressed their approbation of the form of government agreed upon by this convention ... this convention do hereupon declare the said form to be the constitution of government established by and for the inhabitants of the state of Massachusetts-Bay. ..

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Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

36.

Author

Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1779-1780)

Published

[Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons?, 1780]

Online

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

37.

A declaration of rights, and plan of government for the state of New-Hampshire

Author

New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention (1778-1779)

Published

Exeter [N.H.]; : Printed by Zechariah Fowle,, 1779.

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 16386

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Books / Microforms

38.

A declaration of rights, and plan of government for the state of New-Hampshire

Author

New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention (1778-1779)

Published

Exeter [N.H.] : Printed by Zechariah Fowle, 1779.

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

39.

A declaration of rights, and plan of government for the state of New-Hampshire

Author

New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention (1778-1779)

Published

Exeter [N.H.]; : Printed by Zechariah Fowle,, 1779.

Online

An die hochgeehrten Glieder der Assembly, des Pennsylvanischen Staats. Das Memorial verschiedener Einwohner der Graffschaft Lancaster giebt mit aller gebührenden Hochachtung zu erkennen, das dieselben mit vielen andern wegen der durch die neuliche Convention eingeführten Regierungs-Form dieses Staats sehr unzufrieden sind. ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

40.

Published

[Lancaster, Pa. : Gedruckt bey Francis Bailey, 1777]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 15379

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Books / Microforms

41.

An die hochgeehrten Glieder der Assembly, des Pennsylvanischen Staats. Das Memorial verschiedener Einwohner der Graffschaft Lancaster giebt mit aller gebührenden Hochachtung zu erkennen, das dieselben mit vielen andern wegen der durch die neuliche Convention eingeführten Regierungs-Form dieses Staats sehr unzufrieden sind. ..

Published

[Lancaster, Pa. : Gedruckt bey Francis Bailey, 1777]

Online

At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Philadelphia, in the Philosophical Society-Hall, the 8th of November, 1776. Peter Chevalier, chairman. Resolved unanimously, that the following instructions to the representatives of the city of Philadelphia, in Assembly, be published for the consideration of the citizens, previous to a town-meeting to be held at the State-House, the 12th instant, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. ..

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Yale Internet Resource >> None

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Books / Online

42.

Published

[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 15020

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Books / Microforms

43.

At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Philadelphia, in the Philosophical Society-Hall, the 8th of November, 1776. Peter Chevalier, chairman. Resolved unanimously, that the following instructions to the representatives of the city of Philadelphia, in Assembly, be published for the consideration of the citizens, previous to a town-meeting to be held at the State-House, the 12th instant, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. ..

Published

[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

Online

Bey einer Versammlung einer Anzahl philadelphischer Bürger, gehalten auf dem Saal der Philosophischen Gesellschaft, den 8ten November, 1776, unter Vorsitz Herrn Peter Chevalier, wurde einmüthig beschlossen ..

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Books / Online

44.

Published

[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

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SML, Microform (Non-Circulating) >> Fiche B1130 43135

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Books / Microforms

45.

Bey einer Versammlung einer Anzahl philadelphischer Bürger, gehalten auf dem Saal der Philosophischen Gesellschaft, den 8ten November, 1776, unter Vorsitz Herrn Peter Chevalier, wurde einmüthig beschlossen ..

Published

[Philadelphia : s.n., 1776]

Online

Location

Yale Internet Resource >> None

Format

Books / Online

46.

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Online

Journal of the votes and proceedings of the Convention of New-Jersey : begun at Burlington the 10th of June 1776, and thence continued by adjournment at Trenton and New-Brunswick to the 21st of August following : to which is annexed, sundry ordinances, and the constitution

Location

Yale Internet Resource

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Books / Online

47.

Author

New Jersey. Convention (1776)

Online

LLMC Digital Collections

Location

Yale Internet Resource

Format

Books / Online

48.

Constitutional history of the American Revolution

Author

Reid, John Phillip

Published

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995.

Location

Law Library >> KF4541 .R454 1995

Format

Books

49.

Constitutional history of the American Revolution

Author

Reid, John Phillip

Published

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)

Online