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Author Chadwick, Bruce.

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

Publication Info. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2009]
©2009

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.318 C34    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.318 CH    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 324 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-316) and index.
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.
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Madison, James, 1751-1836.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Jay, John, 1745-1829.
Alliances -- Case studies.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
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