The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter by Dennis C. Rasmussen
The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
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Dennis C. Rasmussen
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The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter

Dennis C. Rasmussen

266 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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Strikingly few Americans know who wrote the Constitution. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies’ man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris, who has been described as “the...

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