The wisest council in the world : restoring the character sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 / John R. Vile.
"Of all the written portraits of the delegates who attended the Federal Convention of 1787, few are as complete and compelling as those penned by William Pierce Jr. (1753-89), one of four delegates from Georgia. While at the convention or shortly thereafter, Pierce produced character sketches of fif...
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Athens ; London :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2015]
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 185 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Contents:
- Chapter 1. The Background of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and the Role of Georgia and William Pierce Jr. in the Proceedings
- Chapter 2. Important Biographical Facts about William Pierce Jr.
- Chapter 3. The Arrangement and General Objects of Attention of Pierce's Character Sketches
- Chapter 4. Pierce's Analysis of the Delegates' Personal Qualities and Reputations
- Chapter 5. Pierce's Analysis of the Delegates' Rhetorical Abilities
- Chapter 6. Pierce's Analysis of Military and Public Service, Other Occupations, and Miscellaneous Matters
- Chapter 7. Comparing Pierce's Descriptions with Those of a French Diplomat
- Chapter 8. Comparing Pierce's Descriptions with Those of His Son
- Coda
- Appendix 1: William Pierce's Character Sketches of Delegates to the Federal Convention
- Appendix 2: French Minister's Sketches
- Appendix 3: Pierce's 1788 Fourth of July Oration.