{"id":8979698385190,"title":"To Secure the Blessings of Liberty","handle":"to-secure-the-blessings-of-liberty","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Gouverneur Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: 9780865978355\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMorris served as Deputy Superintendent of Finance during the American Revolution, in which capacity he devised the system of decimal coinage. He was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention, where he spoke more frequently than any other member and, as a member of the Committee on Style and Arrangement, put the Constitution in its present form and authored its Preamble. As a private citizen in Paris, and later Minister to France (1789–94), Morris was a firsthand witness of the French Revolution. On his return to the U.S., he served as a U.S. Senator, was a prime mover in the creation of the Erie Canal, and took a leading role as a critic of the Jefferson and Madison administrations. Providing his unique perspective, this is a wonderful and accessible single source that illuminates the political and economic thought of Gouverneur Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGouverneur Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e (1752–1816) was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention, a signer of the U.S. Constitution and author of its Preamble, and U.S. Minister to France during the French Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJ. Jackson Barlow\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics and the Director, Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Juniata College, in Huntington, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-04-23T15:47:34-04:00","created_at":"2024-02-08T16:05:34-05:00","vendor":"The Davenant Press","type":"Book","tags":["Gouverneur Morris","history","military history","politics","revolution 1775-1783","U.S. History"],"price":870,"price_min":870,"price_max":870,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":47642126450982,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780865978355","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"To Secure the Blessings of Liberty","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":870,"weight":1134,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Morris-ToSecuretheBlessingsofLiberty.jpg?v=1713973897"],"featured_image":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Morris-ToSecuretheBlessingsofLiberty.jpg?v=1713973897","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":39128577736998,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":450,"width":300,"src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Morris-ToSecuretheBlessingsofLiberty.jpg?v=1713973897"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":450,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/jplbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/Morris-ToSecuretheBlessingsofLiberty.jpg?v=1713973897","width":300}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Gouverneur Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: 9780865978355\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMorris served as Deputy Superintendent of Finance during the American Revolution, in which capacity he devised the system of decimal coinage. He was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention, where he spoke more frequently than any other member and, as a member of the Committee on Style and Arrangement, put the Constitution in its present form and authored its Preamble. As a private citizen in Paris, and later Minister to France (1789–94), Morris was a firsthand witness of the French Revolution. On his return to the U.S., he served as a U.S. Senator, was a prime mover in the creation of the Erie Canal, and took a leading role as a critic of the Jefferson and Madison administrations. 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