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Constitutional Interpretations - Speeches & Works in Favor of the American Constitution (Including The Federalist Papers and The Continentalist) - cover

Constitutional Interpretations - Speeches & Works in Favor of the American Constitution (Including The Federalist Papers and The Continentalist)

Alexander Hamilton, Emory Speer

Publisher: Musaicum Books

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This edition presents the writings & speeches of Alexander during the Great Debate of the American Constitution. Hamilton was one of the most influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution. He was a leader in seeking to replace the weak national government, and led the Annapolis Convention in 1786, which spurred Congress to call a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He helped achieve ratification by writing 51 of the 85 installments of The Federalist Papers, which to this day remain the single most important reference for Constitutional interpretation.
Contents:
The Continentalist
Writings and Speeches in Federal Convention
Writings and Speeches in Convention of New York
The Federalist Papers
Biography of Alexander Hamilton by Emory Speer
Available since: 11/02/2018.
Print length: 684 pages.

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