Collected Works of James Wilson


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This two-volume set brings together a collection of writings and speeches by James Wilson, one of only six signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. His works had a significant impact on the deliberations that produced the cornerstone documents of American democracy.




The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L.L.D.


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Important commentaries on the U.S. Constitution by one of the most influential delegates to the Federal Constitutional Convention and one of the founding fathers who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Wilson was the principal author of the Pennsylvania Constitution an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.













James Wilson


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James Wilson is one of the lesser known founders, undeservedly so. He was one of only six persons to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Even more importantly, his ideas helped shape both documents and stressed the duty of citizens to participate responsibly in the process of government. This book provides an introduction to Garrison s life and work, with excerpts from his 1774 Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament and the full texts of his 1787 State House Yard speech and 1788 oration delivered on the Fourth of July.




The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L.L.D., Late One of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Professor of Law in the College of Philadelphia: Lectures on law.- v. 3. Lectures on law (concluded) On the history of property. Considerations on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament. Speech delivered in the Convention for the province of Pennsylvania, held at Philadelphia in January, 1775. Speech delivered on 26th November, 1787, in the Convention of Pennsylvania. Oration delivered on the fourth of July 1788, at the procession formed at Philadelphia to celebrate the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Speech on choosing the members of the Senate by electors; delivered, on 31st December, 1789, in the Convention of Pennsylvania. Speech delivered, on 19th January, 1790, in the Convention of Pennsylvania, assembled for...amending the constitution of the state. A charge delivered to the Grand jury in the Circuit court of the United States, for the district of Virginia, in May, 1791. Considerations on the Bank of North America. 1785


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James Wilson and the Constitution. the Opening Address in the Official Series of Events Known as the James Wilson Memorial. Delivered Before the Law Academy of Philadelphia on November 14, 1906


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