A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons, and Objects Thereof, Designed for the Use of School Libraries and General Readers, with an Appendix Containing Important Public Documents, Illustrative of the Constitution |
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