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.

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierce, William, 1740-1789 (Author)
Other Authors: Vile, John R. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Athens ; London : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Pierce, William, > 1740-1789.
Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) > Biography.
United States. > Constitution > Signers > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Constitutional history > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions.
LAW / Constitutional.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.
LAW / Legal History.
United States > History > 1783-1815 > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xiv, 185 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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