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 the U.S. military, the postal system, navigation
bills, and other issues fundamental to the new order -- which had
already begun to raise suspicions. The Virginia delegation
denounced federal assumption of state debts. Congress heatedly
discussed Alexander Hamilton's proposed national bank -- including
whether the Constitution implied federal authority to establish
one. Congress followed the secretary of the treasury in placing an
excise tax on distilled spirits, a measure that soon led to open
rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
Praise for previous volumes:
"A treasure-trove of incomparable knowledge about the beginnings
of Congress." -- Presidential Studies Quarterly
"A window into [the] time.... Rich in anecdotes and illuminating
detail." -- Washington Post
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