Author: Charles Z. Lincoln

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 9781527903456

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Excerpt from The Constitutional History of New York, Vol. 1 of 5: From the Beginning of the Colonial Period to the Year 1905 Showing the Origin, Development, and Judicial Construction of the Constitution; 1609-1822 After the larger part of the book had been written, I found, in the Albany Argus, a sentiment which closely accords with my own view of the proper scope of a gen eral work on history. This writer says that history is most useful and most intelligible when it shows accurate ly the course of events, the motives underlying them, and the people who shaped them. I have tried to apply this rule in the present work, - to state every fact with all possible accuracy, to discover the motive and purpose of each proposed constitutional reform, and to present a view of the men who shaped the Constitution, so far as this was practicable from reported Speeches and other documents purporting to contain a statement of their opinions and intentions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Constitutional History of New York, Vol. 1 of 5 written by Charles Z. Lincoln and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitutional History of New York, Vol. 1 of 5: From the Beginning of the Colonial Period to the Year 1905 Showing the Origin, Development, and Judicial Construction of the Constitution; 1609-1822 After the larger part of the book had been written, I found, in the Albany Argus, a sentiment which closely accords with my own view of the proper scope of a gen eral work on history. This writer says that history is most useful and most intelligible when it shows accurate ly the course of events, the motives underlying them, and the people who shaped them. I have tried to apply this rule in the present work, - to state every fact with all possible accuracy, to discover the motive and purpose of each proposed constitutional reform, and to present a view of the men who shaped the Constitution, so far as this was practicable from reported Speeches and other documents purporting to contain a statement of their opinions and intentions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.