Congress Hall
Author: United States Government Printing Office
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 1990-12-01
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9780160268113
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Author: United States Government Printing Office
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 1990-12-01
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9780160268113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gordon Press Publishers
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Published: 1997-06
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ISBN-13: 9780849061417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Park Service
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-09
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780260651891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Congress Hall: Capitol of the United States, 1790-1800 It was to this city that the new Federal Govern ment came late in 1790. For the first year and a half of its tenuous existence, the struggling government under President George Washington had met in New York City. When Philadelphia was selected to serve as the temporary Capital for 10 years while the per manent Capital was being built in the District of Columbia, the Philadelphia County Commissioners offered Congress the use of their recently completed courthouse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the capitol building of the United States between 1790 and 1800 in Philadelphia. Provides historical information on the early work of Congress in establishing policies, organizing into political parties, and working with the other branches of government.
Author: Miriam Blimm
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul Rodgers
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0786460172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe great liberties and guarantees of the United States Constitution are stated as general principles, to be perpetuated and reapplied in a changing America. This book provides a basic understanding of Constitutional law, addressing both the history of the U.S. Constitution and each of its individual clauses. It explains the power of the Supreme Court, whereby a bare majority of five justices, each with lifetime tenure, can overrule the president, the Congress, and state and local governments--effectively declaring the rights and obligations of persons and organizations across the land. Referencing more than 950 Supreme Court decisions, the book treats each subject objectively and without opinionated commentary.
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Publisher: In the Hands of a Child
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Total Pages: 66
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kenneth R. Bowling
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 0821413279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars today take for granted the existence of a "wall of separation" dividing the three branches of the federal government. Neither Separate nor Equal: Congress in the 1790s demonstrates that such lines of separation among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, however, were neither so clearly delineated nor observed in the first decade of the federal government's history. The first two essays describe the social and cultural milieu attending the movement of the republican court from New York to Philadelphia and the physical and social environment of Philadelphia in the 1790s. The following section examines the congressional career of New York's Egbert Benson, the senatorial career of Robert Morris as an expression of his economic interests, the vigorous opposition of Rep. William Branch Giles to the Federalist policies of the Washington administration, and finally the underappreciated role of congressional spouses. The last five essays concentrate on areas of interbranch cooperation and conflict. In particular, they discuss the meaning of separation of powers in the 1790s, Washington as an active president with Congress, the contrast between Hamilton's and Jefferson's exercise of political influence with Congress, and John Adams's relationship with Congress during the Quasi-War crisis. The essays in this collection, the second volume of the series Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789-1801, originated in two conferences held in 1995 and 1996 by the United States Capitol Historical Society.
Author: Nancy Erickson
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 30
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 344
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