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TitleA century of lawmaking for a new nationOther Titles (e.g. Variant)U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873TypeTextMonographSubjectUnited States. Congress--History--Sources. (LCSH)Law--United States--Sources (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--1783-1809--Sources (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--19th century--Sources (LCSH)Illustrative ContentIllustrationsMaps ClassificationLCC: KF35 DDC: 340 abridged Could not render: bf:statusSummaryConsists of a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, 1774-1875. It includes the Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89); the Letters of Delegates to Congress (1774-89); the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, or Farrand's Records, and the Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (1787-88), or Elliot's Debates; the Journals of the House of Representatives (1789-1875) and the Senate (1789-1875), including the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875); the Journal of William Maclay (1789-91), senator from Pennsylvania in the 1st Congress; the debates of Congress as published in the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-37), Congressional Globe (1833-73), and Congressional Record (1873-75); the Statutes at Large (1789-1875); the American State Papers (1789-1838); and congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799) in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress (1819) in the Senate. A select number of documents and reports from the monumental U.S. Congressional Serial Set are available as well. This online collection houses the records of the U.S. Congress up to 1875, which includes the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, published by the Government Printing Office.Authorized Access PointA century of lawmaking for a new nation