Essays in the constitutional history of the United States in the formative period, 1775-1789
By: by graduates and former members of the Johns Hopkins University.
Publisher: Houghton
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Table of contents: title: The predecessor of the Supreme Court, by J.F. Jameson.-  The model of the Federal Court for territorial disputes.-  The movement towards a second constitutional convention in 1788, by Edward P. Smith.- The development of the executive departments, by Jay Caesar Guggenheimer.-  The period of constitution-making in the American churches, by W.P. Trent.-  The status of the slave, 1775-1789, by Jeffrey R. Brackett.