Madison's hand [electronic resource] : revising the Constitutional Convention / Mary Sarah Bilder.
Bilder, Mary Sarah, author.
2015
KF4510 .B55 2015eb
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Title Madison's hand [electronic resource] : revising the Constitutional Convention / Mary Sarah Bilder.
Author Bilder, Mary Sarah, author.
ISBN 9780674089006 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674089006
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015].
Copyright ©2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 358 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.4159/9780674089006
Call Number KF4510 .B55 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 342.7302/92
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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About Madison's notes
Introduction
PART I. NOTES BEFORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. The genre of legislative diaries
The practice of working notes
PART II. LEARNING TO KEEP A CONVENTIONAL DIARY. The success of the opening days
Struggling with speeches
PART III. RECORDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. An account of failed strategies
Acquiring a new role
PART IV. ABANDONING THE NOTES. The complexity of drafting
The Convention's changing relevance
PART V. COMPLETING THE NOTES. Correcting and revising the notes
The influence of Mr. Jefferson
Conclusion
The evidence.

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