Miracle at Philadelphia : the story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 / by Catherine Drinker Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Charles Lee Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

United States.

Constitutional conventions--United States.

Constitutional conventions.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)

Lee, Charles, 1913- (autograph, 1966) inscription) (Lee Collection copy)

Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973 (autograph) (Lee Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix, 346 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, [1966]

Summary:

A history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 that produced the Constitution of the U.S.

Contents:

The scene. Origins of the Convention

The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison

In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan

Federal versus national. The "two supremes." The city of Philadelphia

The chief executive. Wilson of Philadelphia, Dickinson of Delaware. Dr. Franklin speaks his mind. June 1-6

"Life, liberty and property." The people at large. The method of electing congressmen. June 6-7

The congressional veto. Proportional representation. The delegates write home

America divided. Sheman's Compromise. The Committee of the Whole makes its report. June 11-13

The New Jersey Plan. Alexander Hamilton makes his speech. June 15-19

The great debate. June 19-28

The tension mounts. Europe and America

Journey through the American states The physical scene

Journey through the American states, continued. The people

The Western Territory, the land companies and the Northwest Ordinance. Manasseh Cutler

The Great Compromise. A king for America. Ten-day adjournment. General Washington goes fishing

Committee of Detail. The slavery compromise

Foreigners in Congress. The "ten miles square."

Test oaths, Deism and tolerance. A standing army. Treason defined

Who shall ratify? The people or the states?

Drafting the Constitution. The Committee of Style and Arrangement takes hold. September 8-12

A bill of rights rejected

The Constitution is signed

The Constitution goes before the country

Massachusetts. The people speak

Virginia and New York. The Federal procession.

Notes:

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has inscription: "For Charles -- and thanks for kind words over the air, Kitty C.D.B."

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has dust jacket and some handwritten marginal annotations. Also a review from the New Republic, review of a different title from the Inquirer, and some material from the Book of the Month Clubs 1986 reprinting laid in.

ISBN:

0316103985

9780316103985

OCLC:

300432