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Founding Fathers : brief lives of the framers of the United States Constitution / M.E. Bradford ; foreword by Russell Kirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradford, M. E. (Melvin Eustace), 1934-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
- Politics and government.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Constitution--Signers--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, revised.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1994]
- Summary:
- In this concise and valuable reference work - the only compilation of biographical sketches for all fifty-five Framers who attended the Philadelphia Convention - M. E. Bradford examines the Framers' constitutional theories, their visions for the newly founded union, and their opinions on ratification of the document that would address such paramount issues as national revenue, public debt, currency, removal of trade barriers between the states, and provisions for the common defense. Delving into the political and philosophical principles of the Founders, he illuminates their motives, thoughts, and actions and illustrates how their political decision-making was influenced by religion, education, environment, economic circumstances, and personal background.
- Notes:
- Originally published: A worthy company. Marlborough, N.H. : Plymouth Rock Foundation, 1982.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700606564
- 0700606572
- OCLC:
- 28710992
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