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The wisest council in the world : restoring the character sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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The wisest council in the world : restoring the character sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787

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Chapter 1. The Background of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and the Role of Georgia and William Pierce Jr. in the Proceedings
Chapter 2. Important Biographical Facts about William Pierce Jr.
Chapter 3. The Arrangement and General Objects of Attention of Pierce's Character Sketches
Chapter 4. Pierce's Analysis of the Delegates' Personal Qualities and Reputations
Chapter 5. Pierce's Analysis of the Delegates' Rhetorical Abilities
Chapter 6. Pierce's Analysis of Military and Public Service, Other Occupations, and Miscellaneous Matters
Chapter 7. Comparing Pierce's Descriptions with Those of a French Diplomat
Chapter 8. Comparing Pierce's Descriptions with Those of His Son
Coda
Appendix 1: William Pierce's Character Sketches of Delegates to the Federal Convention
Appendix 2: French Minister's Sketches
Appendix 3: Pierce's 1788 Fourth of July Oration.

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The wisest council in the world : restoring the character sketches by William Pierce of Georgia of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. ISBN 9780820347721. Published by The University of Georgia Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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