Essays in the constitutional history of the United States in the formative period, 1775-1789 by graduates and former members of the Johns Hopkins university ; ed. by J. Franklin Jameson

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Edward Payson, 1840-1892.

Guggenheimer, Jay Caesar.

Trent, William P. (William Peterfield), 1862-1939.

Brackett, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Richardson), 1860-1949.

Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive departments--United States.

Executive departments.

Slavery in the U.S--Law.

Slavery in the U.S.

United States.

United States--Church history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 321 p. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1889.

Contents:

The predecessor of the Supreme court / the editor

The movement towards a second constitutional convention in 1788 / E. P Smith

The development of the executive departments / J.C. Guggenheimer

The period of constitution-making in the American churches / W.P. Trent

The status of the slave, 1775-1789 / J.R. Brackett.