Through decades of searching, the First Federal Congress Project
has collected primary material documenting the debates, decisions,
and thoughts of the members of the First Federal Congress. The
volumes of the "Documentary History of the First Federal Congress"
permit Congress and its staff, historians, political scientists,
jurists, educators, students, and others to understand the most
important and productive Congress in United States history. Three
new volumes present letters written by and to members of the First
Federal Congress during its Second Session, as well as
communications from other informed individuals at the seat of
government in New York City during late 1789 and 1790.
The correspondence brings the official record to life by
providing details about the often informal political means by which
Congress accomplished its agenda. During this session, the Congress
addressed the two most divisive issues facing the young nation:
funding the debts from the Revolutionary War (particularly the
debts incurred by the individual states) and determining locations
for both the temporary and permanent seats of the federal
government. It resolved these difficult issues through the
Compromise of 1790, silencing sectional threats of disunion for the
immediate future.
A rich source of information about the members of Congress,
their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and
the services they performed for their constituents, the documents
from these three new volumes will also be incorporated into "The
Early Republic," an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns
Hopkins University Press.
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