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Understand the meaning of the words as given directly from the pens of their authors; words like “republic,” and “democracy,” and government “ordained” by the “consent of the people” and much more, in this compilation of original source documents by the men who became known as America’s “Founding Fathers.”

You’ve heard of the series of documents and pamphlets which have become known as “The Federalist Papers,” and probably are aware that preceding the US Constitution was a weaker document governing the victorious colonies know as, “The Articles of Confederation.”

Witness the struggle to make a weak confederation of states into a sturdy nation bound by laws, structured upon a balance of powers, reflected by the need to retain sovereign state identities and fundamental citizen rights.

These words of Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Hamilton, Mason, Patrick Henry, and many others remind us that America was not made in a day, nor was bought by indolence nor lack of virtue and sacrifice. America was bought and paid for by patriots and their love of God and country.

Understand our founders like never before in this Volume 4, The Federalist Period.

Included Works:
England and the United States at Loggerheads by John Frederick Sackville
Our First Minister to England by John Adams
Weathering a Crisis by George Washington
Evils that Prompted Shays' Rebellion by General Benjamin Lincoln
Why the Confederation Failed to Work by James Madison
Framing The Constitution by James Madison
The Constitution of the United States by Various
Benjamin Franklin on the Federal Constitution by Benjamin Franklin
The Northwest Ordinance by U.S. Congress Under the Articles of Confederation
Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought? by Patrick Henry
For the Relief of Slaves by William Pinkney
Alexander Hamilton on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Alexander Hamilton
John Marshall on the Federal Constitution by John Marshall
How John Hancock Supported the Constitution by Stephen Higginson
Washington Becomes Our First President by William Maclay
How Settlements Were Planted by William Cooper
Why the West Would Not Secede by General Rufus Putnam
The Discovery of the Columbia River by Edward G. Porter
Hamilton's Estimate of Jefferson by Alexander Hamilton
Webster's Impression of Jefferson by Daniel Webster
The Invention of the Cotton Gin by Horace Greeley
Anthony Wayne Routs the Ohio Indians by Richard Hildreth
Treaty with the Six Nations by The U.S. Government and the Iroquois
Washington's Farewell Address by George Washington
Fisher Ames on the Treaty with Great Britain by Fisher Ames
The X Y Z Correspondence by Commissioners Pinckney, Marshall and Gerry
Washington as a Host at Mount Vernon by John Bernard
The Death of Washington by John Marshall
Funeral Oration on Washington by Major General Henry Lee
Jefferson's Estimate of Washington by Thomas Jefferson
Washington City in its Infancy by Abigail Adams
How Jefferson Was Elected by Senator Charles Pinckney
Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson

Bonus: Includes a FREE download of the book in electronic format for use with your computer or Mobile device.

Reviews:

“This is pure history, without all the filters of contemporary interpretation. These books will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone who wants to better understand where America as come from--and where we should be now.”
-Jay A. Parry, author, The Real George Washington

My Father W. Cleon Skousen, author of The Five Thousand Year Leap, would call this must-have collection of original source documents nothing short of pure gold of the rarest kind. This resource would have spared him decades of clawing through untold stacks and volumes of materials during his research and writing years. He would have treasured these books for that very purpose, and joins me in highly recommending these volumes to scholars and casual readers alike; anyone looking for accurate answers to difficult questions about America, freedom, and our era of unprecedented prosperity.
-Paul Skousen, author, speaker, CIA analyst, and Reagan White House intelligence officer