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Book Synopsis
Congress followed the secretary of the treasury in placing an excise tax on distilled spirits, a measure that soon led to open rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Trade Review
"This 'Documentary History' is of immense historical significance and is the kind of record that helps all branches of government keep their constitutional bearings."--'Warren Burger' "It is impossible to overemphasize the importance to our times of [this] publication."--'Carl Albert'

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Intriduction
Sources: Third Session
Newspaper Reprinting of First Federal Congress Debates
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Symbols
Members of the House of Representatives
Chairmen of the Committee of the Whole House
Third Session House Bills
Third Session Senate Bills
Subjects Debated in the House of Representatives as Reported by the Newspapers

Debates in the House of Representatives, Third Session
December 1790
January 1791
February 1791
March 1791
Biographies of Members of the First Federal Congress
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia

Index

Documentary History of the First Federal Congress

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 18/03/1996
      ISBN13: 9780801850158, 978-0801850158
      ISBN10: 0801850150
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Congress followed the secretary of the treasury in placing an excise tax on distilled spirits, a measure that soon led to open rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

      Trade Review
      "This 'Documentary History' is of immense historical significance and is the kind of record that helps all branches of government keep their constitutional bearings."--'Warren Burger' "It is impossible to overemphasize the importance to our times of [this] publication."--'Carl Albert'

      Table of Contents

      Illustrations
      Intriduction
      Sources: Third Session
      Newspaper Reprinting of First Federal Congress Debates
      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations and Symbols
      Members of the House of Representatives
      Chairmen of the Committee of the Whole House
      Third Session House Bills
      Third Session Senate Bills
      Subjects Debated in the House of Representatives as Reported by the Newspapers

      Debates in the House of Representatives, Third Session
      December 1790
      January 1791
      February 1791
      March 1791
      Biographies of Members of the First Federal Congress
      Connecticut
      Delaware
      Georgia
      Maryland
      Massachusetts
      New Hampshire
      New Jersey
      New York
      North Carolina
      Pennsylvania
      Rhode Island
      South Carolina
      Virginia

      Index

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