Book/Printed Material A century of lawmaking for a new nation U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875 / U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875 / U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873

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A century of lawmaking for a new nation U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875 /
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U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875
U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873
Summary
Consists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875. It includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89); the Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89); the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, or Farrand's Records, and the Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787-88), or Elliot's Debates; the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1875) and the Senate (1789-1875), including the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875); the Journal of William Maclay (1789-91), senator from Pennsylvania in the 1st Congress; the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-37), Congressional Globe (1833-73), and Congressional Record (1873-75); the Statutes at Large (1789-1875); the American State Papers (1789-1838); and congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799) in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress (1819) in the Senate. A select number of documents and reports from the monumental U.S. Congressional Serial Set are available as well. This online collection houses the records of the U.S. Congress up to 1875, which includes the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, published by the Government Printing Office.
Created / Published
[Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, [1998-]
Subject Headings
-  United States.--Congress--History--Sources
-  Law--United States--Sources
-  United States--Politics and government--1783-1809--Sources
-  United States--Politics and government--19th century--Sources
Notes
-  System requirements: World Wide Web (WWW) browser software.
-  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
-  Title from title screen dated April 29, 2005.
-  Changed Ldr/06 per OCLC request, updated title, desc., etc. ta15 2005-04-20
Call Number/Physical Location
KF35
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/colllaw.la000001
Library of Congress Control Number
98803272
Language
English
Description
Consists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875. It includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89); the Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89); the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, or Farrand's Records, and the Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787-88), or Elliot's Debates; the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1875) and the Senate (1789-1875), including the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875); the Journal of William Maclay (1789-91), senator from Pennsylvania in the 1st Congress; the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-37), Congressional Globe (1833-73), and Congressional Record (1873-75); the Statutes at Large (1789-1875); the American State Papers (1789-1838); and congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799) in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress (1819) in the Senate. A select number of documents and reports from the monumental U.S. Congressional Serial Set are available as well. This online collection houses the records of the U.S. Congress up to 1875, which includes the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, published by the Government Printing Office.
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