06637nam 2200697 a 450 991095641470332120230802010457.00-86597-834-41-4619-3146-01-61487-904-4(CKB)2550000001094334(EBL)3327355(SSID)ssj0000916455(PQKBManifestationID)11565774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916455(PQKBWorkID)10877749(PQKB)11100194(OCoLC)849928881(MdBmJHUP)muse29232(Au-PeEL)EBL3327355(CaPaEBR)ebr10723935(CaONFJC)MIL499260(MiAaPQ)EBC3327355(BIP)40028953(BIP)40028956(EXLCZ)99255000000109433420120504d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo secure the blessings of liberty selected writings of Gouverneur Morris /edited and with an introduction by J. Jackson BarlowIndianapolis Liberty Fund20121 online resource (705 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-86597-835-2 1-299-68010-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxii) and index.""Gouverneur Morris, To Secure the Blessings of Liberty ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Details ""; ""Table of Contents, p. v ""; ""Introduction, p. ix ""; ""Acknowledgments, p. xvii ""; ""A Note on the Texts, p. xix ""; ""Selected Bibliography, p. xxi ""; ""To Secure the Blessing of Liberty ""; ""1. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of New-York (1769), p. 1 ""; ""2. Political Enquiries (1776), p. 5 ""; ""3. Oration on the Necessity for Declaring Independence from Britain (1776), p. 13 ""; ""4. Public Letters to the Carlisle Commissioners (1778), p. 25 """"5. Proposal to Congress Concerning the Management of the Government (1778), p. 53 """"6. Report of the Committee on the Treasury (1778), p. 67 ""; ""7. Some Thoughts on the Finances of America (1778), p. 73 ""; ""8. To the Quakers, Bethlemites, Moderate Men, Refugees, and Other the Tories Whatsoever, and Wheresoever, Dispersed (1779), p. 87 ""; ""9. To Governor Johnstone (1779), p. 95 ""; ""10. ""An American"" Letters on Public Finance for the Pennsylvania Packet (1780), p. 103 ""; ""11. Righteousness Establisheth a Nation (1780), p. 165 """"12. Observations on Finances: Foreign Trade and Loans (1781?), p. 171 """"13. Ideas of an American on the Commerce Between the United States and French Islands As It May Respect Both France and America (1783), p. 177 ""; ""14. Address to the Assembly of Pennsylvania on the Aboliton of the Bank of North America (1785), p. 183 ""; ""15. The Constitution of the United States (1787), p. 207 ""; ""16. American Finances (1789), p. 223 ""; ""17. Observations on Government, Applicable to the Political State of France (1789), p. 231 """"18. Memoir Written for the King of France, Respecting the New Constitution (1791), p. 239 """"19. Observations on the New Constitution of France (1791), p. 251 ""; ""20. Notes on the Form of a Constitution for France (1791?), p. 269 ""; ""21. Remarks upon the Principles and Views of the London Corresponding Society (1795), p. 285 ""; ""22. Oration on the Death of George Washington (1799), p. 293 ""; ""23. Speeches in the Senate on the Repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801, p. 303 ""; ""24. Letters to the New York Evening Post on the Louisiana Purchase (1803), p. 333 """"25. Funeral Oration for Alexander Hamilton (1804), p. 353 """"26. Oration on the Love of Wealth (1805), p. 357 ""; ""27. Oration on Patriotism (1805), p. 361 ""; ""28. On Prejudice (ca. 1805), p. 365 ""; ""30. Notes on the United States of America (1806), p. 405 ""; ""31. The British Treaty (1807/1808), p. 423 ""; ""32. On the Beaumarchais Claim (1807/1808), p. 473 ""; ""33. To the People of the United States (1810), p. 485 ""; ""34. Election Address (1810), p. 495 ""; ""35. Letters to the Evening Post on Albert Gallatin's Plan for Enforcing the Non-Importation Act (1811), p. 505 """"36. Erie Canal Commission Report (1812), p. 519 ""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. Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention, a signer of the U.S. Constitution and author of its Preamble, and U.S. Minister to France during the French Revolution. J. Jackson Barlow is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics and the Director, Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Juniata College, in Huntington, Pennsylvania. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.United StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775SourcesUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783SourcesUnited StatesHistory1783-1815SourcesUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783SourcesUnited StatesPolitics and government1783-1865Sources973.2Morris Gouverneur1752-1816.480811Barlow J. Jackson1852316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956414703321To secure the blessings of liberty4447330UNINA