The Growth of the Constitution in the Federal Convention of 1787: An Effort to Trace the Origin and Development of Each Separate Clause from Its First Suggestion in that Body to the Form Finally Approved |
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| Title | The Growth of the Constitution in the Federal Convention of 1787: An Effort to Trace the Origin and Development of Each Separate Clause from Its First Suggestion in that Body to the Form Finally Approved |
| Author | William Montgomery Meigs |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0722273800, 9780722273807 |
| Length | 374 pages |
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