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Soldier-statesmen of the Constitution / by Robert K. Wright, Jr. and Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Wright, Robert K., Jr., 1946- author.
MacGregor, Morris J., 1931- author.
Contributor:
Center of Military History, issuing body.
Series:
CMH pub ; 71-25.
CMH pub ; 71-25
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Constitution--Signers--Biography.
United States.
United States. Army--Biography.
United States. Army.
Constitution (United States).
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
Statesmen.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Soldiers.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Government publications.
Biographies
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 1987.
Summary:
An analysis of the role of Revolutionary War veterans in the writing and ratification of the Constitution and a survey of their role in state and national government. Includes a discussion of the nonveteran signers of the Constitution as well.
Contents:
The U.S. Army and the founding of the republic
Soldier-statesmen of the Constitution
Other signers of the Constitution
Selected Documents. The revolutionary years
The peace establishment
The constitutional convention
Ratification
The early republic
Appendixes. Annapolis convention
Committee membership of the Constitutional Convention
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention who did not sign
Statistics
Amendments to the constitution.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298).
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (FDLP Electronic Collection Archive, viewed November 16, 2016).
Other Format:
Print version: Wright, Robert K., 1946- Soldier-statesmen of the Constitution.
OCLC:
581786230
Access Restriction:
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