Triumvirate : the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation / Bruce Chadwick

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Author: Chadwick, Bruce
Subject: Madison, James 1751-1836; Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804; Jay, John 1745-1829

Contents: The important players -- Prelude : summer 1787, and the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -- A fight brews -- The arrival of James Madison in a turbulent New York City -- The triumvirate -- The right to keep and bear arms -- The Federalist -- Newspaper support across the country -- A winter of worry -- Pennsylvania : the first tough skirmish -- Snowstorms and political storms : the fight in Massachusetts -- The fourth, silent member of the triumvirate : George Washington -- Virginia -- Virginia's wild convention begins -- New York : the final round in the tiny village of Poughkeepsie -- New York : into the stretch -- Aftermath
Summary: The gripping story of three Founding Fathers--Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay--who battled their own independence-loving people and created a united America.

2009

C2009

1783-1789

1775-1865

Place: United States; New York (State); Pennsylvania; Massachusetts; Virginia

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