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William Paterson, lawyer and statesman, 1745-1806 / John E. O'Connor.

Title
William Paterson, lawyer and statesman, 1745-1806 / John E. O'Connor.
Author
O'Connor, John E.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1979.

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Description
xv, 351 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Paterson, William, 1745-1806
  • United States. Senate > Biography
  • 1775-1809
  • Legislators > United States > Biography
  • Judges > United States > Biography
  • Governors > New Jersey > Biography
  • New Jersey > Politics and government > 1775-1783
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 338-342.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Formative years: The education of a revolutionary -- The country lawyer -- The conservative dilemma and the American Revolution: The ideological origins of the revolution in New Jersey -- The decision to revolt -- Prosecuting the revolution -- Inventing a nation: Hard money and the dangers of democracy -- The Federal convention, the New Jersey plan, and the politics of nation making -- Federalism and the senate -- Serving the public interest: Paterson the governor -- The reformer of the laws -- Parties, politics, and the crisis of 1798 -- The nation and the court.
ISBN
0813508800 :
LCCN
^^^79015966^//r92
OCLC
5101212
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library