The Gun, the Ship and the Pen, by Linda Colley

Lincoln Allison enjoys a broad, sometimes speculative account of the mania for written constitutions that took hold in the 1750s

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March 8, 2021
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March 8, 2021
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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 by J. L. G. Ferris
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Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 by J. L. G. Ferris

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