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Excerpt from The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, Vol. 1: Minister of the United States to France, Member of the Constitutional Convention, Etc Americans will doubtless accord a ready sympathy to a man who was truly an American, and at a time when thus to proclaim his principles attested an independence careless of unpopularity. Possibly, too, our kindred over seas may find something of interest in the career of one who, though a rebel...

Excerpt from The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, Vol. 1: Minister of the United States to France, Member of the Constitutional Convention, Etc Morris makes a journey through part of England. Portsmouth. Plym outh. Charmed with the beauties of England. Visit to Blenheim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an...

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In Gaveling Down the Rabble, author/activist Jane Anne Morris explores a century and a half of efforts by corporations and the courts to undermine local democracy in the United States by using a "free trade" model. It was that very nineteenth-century model that was later adopted globally by corporations to subvert local attempts at protecting the environment and citizen and worker health. Gaveling Down the Rabble is essential reading for under...

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Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) was an American statesman who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and was an author of large sections of the Constitution of the United States. In 1775, he was elected to represent his family estate in the New York Provincial Congress, an extralegal assembly dedicated to achieving independence. He went to Europe on business in 1789 and served as Minister Plenipotentiary to France from...

This collection of the best literature on life and travel in Italy is completely revised and updated, and features articles from authors that include Tim Parks, Patricia Hampl, Mary Taylor Simeti, and others. Illustrations. Maps.