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John Bach McMaster, a professor of American history, and Frederick
D. Stone, librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
assembled newspaper articles, editorials, and records about the
debates in Pennsylvania's ratifying convention. In addition to
speeches and essays by both supporters and opponents of the
Constitution, non-interpretative editorial comments are also
present to introduce the documents and to place them in the
appropriate historical context. Also included in the volume are
biographical sketches of key figures in Pennsylvania during this
significant period of the American Founding, including Benjamin
Franklin, Gouverneur Morris, Benjamin Rush, and James Wilson.
Pennsylvania was one of the first states to ratify the U.S.
Constitution. Twenty hours after the Continental Congress submitted
the Constitution to the states, the Assembly of Pennsylvania called
a convention to ratify or reject it. The Constitution immediately
became the subject of passionate debate, which continued until
Washington was sworn in, in 1789. "Pennsylvania and the Federal
Constitution" collects the primary documents that formed this
passionate debate.
A dramatic, first-hand account of the pioneering life in the
West--steamboating on the Missouri and the gold rush to California.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To
mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania
Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's
distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print.
Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers
peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
In "Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1788," John
Bach McMaster, a professor of American history, and Frederick D.
Stone, librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
assembled newspaper articles, editorials, and records about the
debates in Pennsylvania's ratifying convention. In addition to
speeches and essays by both supporters and opponents of the
Constitution, noninterpretive editorial comments are also presented
to introduce the documents and place them in the appropriate
historical context. Also included in the volume are biographical
sketches of key figures in Pennsylvania during this significant
period of the American Founding, including Benjamin Franklin,
Gouverneur Morris, Benjamin Rush, and James Wilson.
Pennsylvania was one of the first states to ratify the U.S.
Constitution. Twenty hours after the Continental Congress submitted
the Constitution to the states, the Assembly of Pennsylvania called
a convention to ratify or reject it. The Constitution immediately
became the subject of passionate debate, which continued until
Washington was sworn in, in 1789. "Pennsylvania and the Federal
Constitution "collects the primary documents that formed this
passionate debate.
John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) worked as a civil engineer, taught
civil engineering at Princeton University, and was Professor of
American History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Frederick D. Stone (1841-1897) was librarian of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania and an authority on United States colonial
history.
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