Books written by Jude M. Pfister
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The Creation of American Law: John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth and the 1790s Supreme Court
This book serves as a history of America's national law with a look at those--such as John Jay (the first Chief), James Iredell, Bushrod Washington and James Wilson--who set in motion not only the new Supreme Court, but also the new federal ...
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America Writes Its History, 1650äóñ1850: The Formation of a National Narrative
George W. Corner, ed., The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush: His “Travels Through Life” together with his Commonplace Bookfor ... For a concise overview of this man, see the footnote in Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall, vol.
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The Fords of New Jersey: Power and Family During America's Founding
Theodosia Ford, widow of Jacob Jr. and functional head of the family after 1777. ... one of Henry Ford's sons died at the infamous Andersonville prison camp), the Fords held together amid wrenching national and personal calamities.
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The Fords of New Jersey: Power & Family During America's Founding
Their story is not just of one family or one place. Their story, in miniature, reflects the larger story of Morris County, New Jersey, and America.
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Charting an American Republic: The Origins and Writing of the Federalist Papers
This book takes a fresh look at the papers in the context of the times in which they were created.
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Charting an American Republic: The Origins and Writing of the Federalist Papers
This book takes a fresh look at the papers in the context of the times in which they were created.
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Morris County's Acorn Hall
Today, it is imbued with a sense of purpose, tradition and reverence for the past. Local historian Jude Pfister tells the remarkable story of Morris County, New Jersey's Acorn Hall.
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Defining America in the Radical 1760s: John Dickinson, George III and the Fate of Empire
... American Legal and Economic Institutions,” 881. 45. Arthur M. Schlesinger, “The Colonial Newspapers and the Stamp Act ... Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution (Eagan: Thomson West, 2007), 61. 15. Calvert, ed., The Complete ...