Project Gutenberg 2012-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 76 United States. Congress Benton, Thomas Hart 1782 1858 Benton, Thomas H. (Thomas Hart) Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) Produced by Curtis Weyant, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) "Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2" is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This volume provides a comprehensive record of the proceedings and debates in the United States Congress, notably focused on the time period surrounding the Fourth Congress in the late 18th century. The likely topic of the book revolves around the discussions and decisions made by various U.S. senators and representatives as they shaped the early political landscape of the nation. The opening of the book details the proceedings from the Second Session of the Fourth Congress, commencing December 5, 1796. Important figures such as Vice President John Adams and several senators are introduced as they gather to conduct business, including addressing a quorum and managing senatorial appointments. The text captures both the procedural aspects of Congress—such as the administration of oaths and the presenting of messages to the President—as well as intimate moments like Vice President Adams's farewell address to the Senate, highlighting the political tensions and aspirations during this formative period in American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40851/40851-h/images/titlepage.jpg en United States -- Politics and government Law -- United States JK KF Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 5292390 5292399 2024-09-17T08:26:08.262107 2023-09-18T03:44:24.871286 text/html text/html 5241920 2012-09-23T15:02:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1617094 2012-09-23T15:02:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1755975 2024-09-17T08:28:11.435995 application/epub+zip 1846146 2024-09-17T08:26:45.795926 application/epub+zip 1809762 2024-09-17T08:26:26.727043 application/epub+zip 3253071 2024-09-17T08:28:55.489247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2929203 2024-09-17T08:27:37.816140 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2893181 2022-09-18T16:53:32.094569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4658224 4657970 2024-09-17T08:25:50.462175 2023-09-18T03:44:08.930195 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 4657938 2012-09-23T15:02:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 1507860 2012-09-23T15:02:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4657934 2012-09-23T15:02:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1507732 2012-09-23T15:02:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21277 2024-09-17T08:28:55.729246 application/rdf+xml 9295 2024-09-17T08:26:27.474004 image/jpeg 2022 2024-09-17T08:26:27.204035 image/jpeg 1622043 2024-09-17T08:26:08.635083 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia