The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States of America and History of the Monroe DoctrineHoughton, Mifflin, 1904 - 273 halaman This volume tells the story of the evolution of the Constitution of the United States and was originally written by request of the Constitutional Centennial Commission, under whose auspices the first centennial of its formation was celebrated at Philadelphia in 1887. The author of the volume hoped that a clearer and more widely diffused knowledge of the great intellectual struggle which culminated in the adoption of the Constitution, would stimulate readers and lovers of history. |
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