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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lynch, Joseph M. ( Joseph Martin), 1924 -
Negotiationg the Constitution : the earliest debates over original
intent / Joseph M. Lynch.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8014-3558-7 (cloth alk. paper)
1. United States. Constitutional convention (1787)
2. Constitutional history — United States. I. Title.
KF4510.L96 1999
342.73'029—dc21

98-43447

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