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Constitutional chaff : rejected suggestions of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, with explanatory argument
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- compiled by Jane Butzner from the notes of James Madison of Virginia, Major William Pierce of Georgia, Dr. James McHenry of Maryland, Rufus King of Massachusetts, and the Honorable Robert Yates of New York
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- English
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- New York : Columbia University Press, 1941
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- 1 online resource (197 pages)
- "The source of the notes from which this book was compiled is, Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American states, House documents no. 398, 69th Congress, first session"--Pref.
- Introduction -- Article I -- Article II -- Article III -- Article IV -- Article V -- Article VI -- Article VII -- Appendices: A. What the authors of the Constitution thought about the power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional ; B. What the authors of the Constitution thought about a limitation on the number of terms for the president ; C. Character sketches of the delegates to the Constitutional convention / Major William Pierce ; D. The Constitution of the United States