What Kind of Nation
Subtitle: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: February 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780684848716
Subjects: American history; American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Central government; Constitution: government & the state; U.S. History - Constitutional Period To Civil War (1789-1860); History - U.S.; U.S. Federal Government; United States - 18th Century; History; History: American; History: World; USA; Constitutions; Government - U.S. Government; History / United States / General; Executive power; United States; United States - General; Constitutional history; Political questions and judicial power
First sentence: WEEKDAY MORNINGS DURING the month of February 1798, Vice President Thomas Jefferson walked three blocks from his rooms at Francis's Hotel in Philadelphia to Congress Hall, where he presided at the formal sessions of the Senate.