Time frame as a variable in the fifth provincial congress: Historical New Hampshire/ by Richard Noyes.
- Title:
- Time frame as a variable in the fifth provincial congress: Historical New Hampshire/ by Richard Noyes.
- Author:
- Noyes, Richard,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1976.
- Physical Description:
- p. 192-216.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1976 Vol. 31, Issue 4 (Winter 1976) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The Fifth Provincial Congress, held from December 21, 1775- January 5, 1776 was noteworthy as the" first conscious attempt... by a free people starting from 'a state of nature'" to write a constitution. Also noteworthy were the constitutions defects, which resulted from the time frame in which the constitution was written. They wrote the constitution when their horizons were in a state of flux.
- Subjects:
- State constitutions New Hampshire.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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