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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1887
Page
9
Essays on the Federal Constitution Era and Boston Life
A collection of eleven original essays exploring the 1787 Federal Constitution’s aims and the social, political, and industrial state of the era. Contributors from the Massachusetts Historical Society and related bodies cover topics from legal tender and commerce to Boston architecture and town government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Meiien Champenatra
Boston Public Library
Joan Lowen
U. S. Circuit Court
Cuarurs C. Smith
Massachusetts Historical Society
Apner C. Gooprxt, JR
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Congress
Carrolh D. Wincutt
U.S. Bureau of Statistics
Samourn A. Green
Mass. Historical Society
Edwin L. Bynxer
Agnes Surriage
Penelope
Roger Wotcott, Esq
Massachusetts
Harvey N. Shepard
Robert S. Pearopy
James M. Bucsor
Washington and the Confederation's constitutional turning point
The text argues the 1751 89 period tested liberty under the national government and credits George Washington with saving the states from anarchy. It details debt, lack of funds, and the push for a general government, while noting strong opposition from the State rights faction and lingering sectional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellen Chamberlain
Washington
Great Britain
Clive
Sione
Sir Guy Carleton
George Germaine
Pitt
Keene
Lee
John Jay
Cotesworth Pinckney
John Marshall
Madison
Hamilton
Confederation
United States
France
Congress
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Theodorick Bland
England
Franklin
Dickinson
State Rights
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Bancroft
Arthur Lee
Elbridge Gerry
Rufus King
George Clinton
Qael C . Luther Jin
Gee Mas Samuel Chase
Luther Justin
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
James Monroe
William II
Charles II
Kentucky
Jefferson
Appomattox Court House
Revolutionary State Rights Party
Union
Development of the Constitution analysis by John Lowell
The essay praises the 1787 framers for creating a durable written charter with three powers and strong judicial review. It notes the role of amendments, fears about slavery, and the balance of conservatism and adaptability in the United States system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowell
Blackstone
Great Britain
House of Commons
Judicial Department
Rhode Island
United States
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Electoral Commission
van Holst
New York
Bancroft
Adams
Jefferson
Confederation
Union
Henry Maine
H. Maine
King Cotton
Whitney
Watt, Arkwright
Compton
England
South
Europe
France
Washington
Danton
Robespierre
Marat
Napoleon
Macaulay
Bagehot
People’s ‘House
Kella Wees
Lord Liverpool
Senate
von Helst
Democratic Republic
Dicey
House of Lords
Massachusetts role in shaping the Constitution
The article reviews Massachusetts influence in the 1788 ratification process. It notes Bowdoin’s early push for a federal convention, the Boston convention debates led by Hancock and Cushing, and how Massachusetts’ ratification moved five other states to join, with North Carolina and Rhode Island later remaining outside the initial framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Virginia
New Jersey
Pinckney
Hamilton
Boston
Philadelphia
Elbridge Gerry
Hancock
Francis Dana
Madison
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Representatives
Old State House
State Street
Brattle Street
State House
Long Lane
Federal Street
Jeremy Belknap
Channing and Gannett
House of Representatives
Shays
Fisher Ames
James Bowdoin
Nathaniel Gorham
Christopher Gore
Rufus King
Theophilus Parsons
Theodore Sedgwick
Caleb Strong
Increase Sumner
Heath
Brooks
Lincoln
William Wedvery
Samuel Thompson
Samuel Nasson
John Taylor
Donglass
Samuel Adams
Webster
Adams
Boston Mechanics
Paul Revere
Friends of
Worcester
Hampshire
Berkshire
Senate
Rhode Island
Power of Congress to Emit Legal Tender Bills
Abner C Goode ll Jr argues that the 1787 convention supported Congress emitting bills of credit as legal tender. He critiques the 1884 legal tender ruling, cites constitutional limits, and discusses colonial rights protecting contracts and private property against compulsory tender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Confederation
Elliot
Madison
Federal Supreme Court
Marshall
United States
Juilliard of
New York
Greenman
Connecticut
England
Empson
Dudley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earth
Lowell
Trent
von Holst
Robert C. Winthrop
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Cape Breton
Winthrop
Commonwealth
Alden Bradford
Westminster Abbey
Pantheon
Pelatiah Wissten
Schuyler
Richard Fleury Lee
Massachusett
Confederacy
Charles
Smith
Abner C. Goodell, JR
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