Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: 'a manufacturer making tools to work with' -- 1 'Orders indispensably necessary' -- 2 'This John Milton deserves hanging' -- 3 'The eternal rules of justice and reason ought to b…
Upon declaring independence from Britain in July 1776, the United States Congress urgently needed to establish its credentials as a legitimate government that could credibly challenge the claims of the British Crown. In large measure this legitimacy rested upon setting in place …
"Upon declaring independence from Britain in July 1776, the United States Congress urgently needed to establish its credentials as a legitimate government that could credibly challenge the claims of the British Crown. In large measure this legitimacy rested upon setting in place…