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Hardcover The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter Book

ISBN: 0700634142

ISBN13: 9780700634149

The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter

Strikingly few Americans know who wrote the Constitution. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris, who has been described as "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, was a dominant figure at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. In fact, he spoke more often, proposed more motions, and had more motions...

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