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100 1 _aBowen, Catherine Drinker,
_d1897-1973,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMiracle at Philadelphia :
_bthe story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 /
_cby Catherine Drinker Bowen ; foreword by Warren E. Burger.
246 3 0 _aStory of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
264 1 _aBoston :
_bLittle, Brown and Company,
_c[1966]
264 4 _c1966
300 _axix, 346 pages :
_billustrations, maps, portraits ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
490 1 _aAn Atlantic Monthly Press book.
500 _a"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index.
505 0 _aThe scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes." The city of Philadelphia -- The chief executive. Wilson of Philadelphia, Dickinson of Delaware. Dr. Franklin speaks his mind. June 1-6 -- "Life, liberty and property." The people at large. The method of electing congressmen. June 6-7 -- The congressional veto. Proportional representation. The delegates write home -- America divided. Sherman's Compromise. The Committee of the Whole makes its report. June 11-13 -- The New Jersey Plan. Alexander Hamilton makes his speech. June 15-19 -- The great debate. June 19-28 -- The tension mounts. Europe and America -- Journey through the American states The physical scene -- Journey through the American states, continued. The people -- The Western Territory, the land companies and the Northwest Ordinance. Manasseh Cutler -- The Great Compromise. A king for America. Ten-day adjournment. General Washington goes fishing -- Committee of Detail. The slavery compromise -- Foreigners in Congress. The "ten miles square." --Test oaths, Deism and tolerance. A standing army. Treason defined -- Who shall ratify? The people or the states? -- Drafting the Constitution. The Committee of Style and Arrangement takes hold. September 8-12 -- A bill of rights rejected -- The Constitution is signed -- The Constitution goes before the country -- Massachusetts. The people speak -- Virginia and New York. The Federal procession.
520 _aA history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 that produced the Constitution of the U.S.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bConstitutional Convention
_d(1787)
610 1 7 _aUSA
_tThe United States Constitution
_f1787
_2gnd
611 2 7 _aConstitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
_2fast
650 1 7 _aGrondwetgevende vergaderingen.
_2gtt
650 7 _aConstitutional history
_zUnited States.
_2sears
651 7 _aUnited States
_2fast
651 7 _aESTADOS UNIDOS
_xCONSTITUCION
_xHISTORIA.
_2renib
651 7 _aUSA
_xVerfassung (1787)
_2swd
700 1 _aBurger, Warren E.,
_d1907-1995,
_ewriter of foreword.
758 _ihas work:
_aMiracle at Philadelphia (Text)
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGkTPgPvhmWq4TTCdychQC
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830 0 _aAtlantic Monthly Press book.
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999 _c2004
_d2004