WEBSTER, PELATIAH

1726–95, American writer, b. Lebanon, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. A Philadelphia businessman, he is remembered for his advocacy in his Dissertation of the Political Union and Constitution of the Thirteen United States of North America (1783) of a revision of the Articles of Confederation by creating a new constitution. He was a Federalist in the fight for ratification of the Constitution, and his able arguments, based on historical and economic principles, were of great weight. He also wrote many books on economics.

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books on: Webster Pelatiah  - 75 results

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Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot
Book by Harlow Giles Unger; John Wiley & Sons, 2000
Subjects: Constitutional History--United States, Educators--United States--Biography, Lexicographers--United States--Biography, United States--Intellectual Life--1783-1865, United States--Intellectual Life--18th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1865, Webster, Noah--1758-1843
...A linear descendant of America's original Webster, Pelatiah Webster graduated from Yale in 1746, thirty-two years...51. 71. Jensen, The New Nation, 79. 72. Pelatiah Webster, The Political Union and Constitution of the...
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The Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790
Book by Robert L. Brunhouse; Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942
Subjects: Pennsylvania--Politics And Government--1775-1865, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1789
...French . . . N. Y., 1792. Webster, Pelatiah. Reasons for Repealing the...Philadelphia . Phila., 1786. Webster, Pelatiah. An Essay on Credit, in which...Philadelphia . Phila., 1786. Webster, Pelatiah. Political Essays on the Nature...
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The Framing of the Constitution of the United States
Book by Max Farrand; Yale University Press, 1913
Subjects: United States--Constitution, United States--Constitutional Convention--(1787)
NOTE PELATIAH WEBSTER Pelatiah Webster was a successful Philadelphia merchant and interested in financial questions, upon which he had written. In 1783, he brought out a small pamphlet entitled "A Dissertation on the Political Union and Constitution...
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Alexander Hamilton: Youth to Maturity, 1755-1788
Book by Broadus Mitchell; Macmillan, 1957
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...James Rivington, 1774 . "A Citizen of Philadelphia" Pelatiah Webster , An Essay on Credit, in which . . . some Remarks are...America Philadelphia, E. Oswald, 1786 . Webster Pelatiah, Political Essays on . . . Money, Public Finance Philadelphia...
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Laboratory for Liberty: The South Carolina Legislative Committee System, 1719-1776
Book by George Edward Frakes; University Press of Kentucky, 1970
Subjects: South Carolina--General Assembly--Committees, South Carolina--Politics And Government--To 1775
...Douglas C. McMurtie. Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1935. Webster, Pelatiah. Journal of a Voyage to South Carolina by Pelatiah Webster in 1765 . Edited by T. P. Harrison. Charleston...
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journal articles on: Webster Pelatiah  - 4 results

 
 
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Paper Money and the Original Understanding of the Coinage Clause
Journal article by Robert G. Natelson; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 31, 2008
Subjects: Implied powers (Constitutional law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Monetary policy--Laws, regulations and rules, Original intent (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Paper money--Laws, regulations and rules
...the government was entitled to any seigniorage. Pelatiah Webster of Philadelphia reflected common understanding when...criticizing "Divers Weights and a false Balance"); Pelatiah Webster, Strictures on Tender-Acts, Dec. 13, 1780...
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The Bachelor and Other Disorderly Men during the American Founding
Journal article by Mark E. Kann; The Journal of Men's Studies, Vol. 6, 1997
Subjects: Bachelors--History, Disorderly conduct--Political aspects, Marriage--Political aspects, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...1788," in Ibid., 2: 288; Noah Webster, "A Citizen of America 1787," in Ibid., 1: 133; Pelatiah Webster, "A Citizen of Philadelphia 1787...1788," in the Ibid., 1: 357; Noah Webster, "A Citizen of America 1787," in...
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Windfalls
Journal article by Erick Kades; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 108, 1999
Subjects: Distribution (Economics)--Philosophy, Tax policy--Analysis
...States had won its independence, Pelatiah Webster voiced concern that valuable acres...two potential worries here, and Webster may have contemplated both. First...their own laws....(164) Webster also seemed worded about windfalls...
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Salvaging Gresham's Law: The Good, the Bad, and the Illegal
Journal article by George Selgin; Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Vol. 28, 1996
Subjects: Banking industry--Analysis, Economics--Analysis, Money market--Analysis
...violation of . . . legal-tender laws." According to Pelatiah Webster, resolutions like Pennsylvanias were "executed with...severe penalties in December 1780. Under the new law, Webster observed, "The penalty for refusing a dollar of Continental...


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magazine articles on: Webster Pelatiah  - 1 result

 
 
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The Times That Tried Men's Economic Souls
Magazine article by Lawrence W. Reed; Freeman, Vol. 58, March 2008
Subjects: American history, Congress, Declaration of Independence-US, Farmers, Supplies, Wage & price controls
...as Tom Paine wrote, "times that tried mens souls" and not just because of Mother Nature and British troops. Pelatiah Webster, Americas first economist, summed up our own errors rather well when he wrote, "The people of the states had...


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encyclopedia articles on: Webster Pelatiah  - 2 results

 
 
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Webster, Pelatiah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEBSTER, PELATIAH 1726 95, American writer, b. Lebanon, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. A Philadelphia businessman, he is remembered for his advocacy...
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Constitutional Convention
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and James Wilson (1742 98) and Benjamin Franklin in Pennsylvania all favored some new scheme. The pamphlet of Pelatiah Webster was important, although it has been, perhaps, overemphasized by enthusiasts; feeling for union was general...


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