Exposition of the federal Constitution.
Contained in the Report of the Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates; to whom were committed the proceedings, of sundry of the other states, in answer to the resolutions of the General Assembly, of the 21st day of December, 1798, commonly called Madison's report.
To which is subjoined a series of papers under the signature of Hampden, (originally published in the Richmond enquirer of June, 1819.) Being a critique on the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the bank law.

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Main Author

Roane, Spencer, 1762-1822.

Related Names

Madison, James, 1751-1836.
Virginia. General Assembly.
Virginia. General Assembly

Language(s)

English

Published

Richmond, Printed by Thomas Ritchie. 1819.

Subjects

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
United States. > United States. / Supreme Court.
States' rights (American politics)
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798.
Virginia > Virginia / Politics and government.
United States.

Note

"The enclosed numbers, written by me were published, a few weeks ago, in the Enquirer."--Quoted from manuscript letter of Aug. 22, 1818 by Spencer Roane to James Madison, in Manuscript Division of N.Y.P.L.
"Essays of Hampden [pseud.]": p. 57-90. Found also in the John P. Branch historical papers, v. 1 and 2; with bibliographical footnotes.
"Report of the Committee", written by James Madison [cf. Pref.]: p. 14-55. Found also in Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Journal ... 1799 [i.e. 1800], p. 53-71.
Published anonymously. Attributed to Spencer Roane by Sabin, Bibl. amer., v. 27, p. 119, note preceding no. 100463.

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90 p. 21 cm.

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