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The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress : Jefferson's manual and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on congressional proceedings : with copious notes and marginal references / by Joseph Bartlett Burleigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burleigh, Joseph Bartlett.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parliamentary practice--United States.
- Parliamentary practice.
- United States. Congress--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([4], 288, 30, 5-32 p. ) ill., port., plan ;
- Edition:
- 4th ed, rev.
- Other Title:
- Legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1853 [c1852] (Stereotyped by Slote & Mooney, printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins)
- Notes:
- "Explaining the rules and the authority therefor, designed to economize time and secure uniformity in the proceedings of all deliberative assemblies, and also to meet the wants of every private citizen who desires to understand the right way to transact public business."
- "Script ... copy ... of the Constitution of the United States of America": p. 5-49, 2nd count.
- "The original articles of confederation": p. 22-25, 3rd count.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 9325.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- United States. Constitution.
- OCLC:
- 12
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