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To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Selected Writings of Gouverneur Morris

To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Selected Writings of Gouverneur Morris

Morris, Gouverneur
Barlow, J. Jackson

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Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World History

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ISBN10: 0865978352
ISBN13: 9780865978355
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Published: Oct 22 2012
Pages: 702
Weight: 2.50
Height: 1.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Liberty Fund is pleased to present this single-volume collection of Gouverneur Morris's writings. This edition will be a welcome addition to scholars of American and French history as the volume contains many writings that have never before been published.

Morris served as Deputy Superintendent of Finance during the American Revolution, in which capacity he devised the system of decimal coinage. He was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention, where he spoke more frequently than any other member and, as a member of the Committee on Style and Arrangement, put the Constitution in its present form and authored its Preamble. As a private citizen in Paris, and later Minister to France (1789-94), Morris was a firsthand witness of the French Revolution. On his return to the U.S., he served as a U.S. Senator, was a prime mover in the creation of the Erie Canal, and took a leading role as a critic of the Jefferson and Madison administrations. Providing his unique perspective, this is a wonderful and accessible single source that illuminates the political and economic thought of Gouverneur Morris.

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