Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Debates in the House of Representatives
Subtitle: ... of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791)
Contributors: United States Congress (Editor); Charlene Bangs Bickford (Editor); Kenneth R. Bowling (Editor); Helen E. Veit (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1000
ISBN-13: 9780801850158
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Central government; Political structure & processes; c 1700 to c 1800; History: American; U.S. House Of Representatives; History - General History; United States; USA; Politics and government; Government - Legislative Branch; United States - General; History / United States / General; 1789-1797; Sources
First sentence: On 9 April 1789 the New-York Daily Gazette prefaced its first account of the debates of the United States House of Representatives with a deceptively simple statement: "Yesterday the doors of the House of Representatives, were thrown open for the admission of the Citizens."