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Roger Sherman and the creation of the American republic / Mark David Hall. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The old Puritan and a new nation -- Reformed political theory in the American founding -- Connecticut politics and American independence -- Achieving independence -- "An eel by the tail" -- Roger Sherman and the new national government -- "Philosophy maymislead you: ask experience".

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