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The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today.
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Table of Contents
Preface. Nebuchadnezzar's monster
An ocean always turbulent
The fostering hand of government
A new era
Pomp and quiddling
A very perplexing business
A great and delicate subject
Vile politicks
Propositions of a doubtful nature
Paper guarantees
A centre without parallel
Interlude I
The labyrinth of finance
A gross national iniquity
The trumpet of sedition
Cabals, meetings, plots, and counterplots
A southern position
Indians
Interlude II
Freedom's fav'rite seat
A most mischievous engine
Epilogue. American dawn.
Edition Notes
"Members of the First Federal Congress": pages xiii-xv.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index.
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