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Book/Printed Material The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress; Jefferson's manual; and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on Congressional proceedings: with copious notes and marginal references, explaining the rules and the authority therefor ...

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Title

  • The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress; Jefferson's manual; and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on Congressional proceedings: with copious notes and marginal references, explaining the rules and the authority therefor ...

Names

  • Burleigh, Joseph Bartlett.
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • Mexico.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & co., 1853.

Headings

  • -  Parliamentary practice--United States
  • -  United States.--Congress--Rules and practice

Notes

  • -  "Script ... copy ... of the Constitution of the United States of America": p. 5-49.
  • -  "The original articles of confederation": p. 22-25 at end.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 287, 30 p. incl. illus. (incl. port., plan) tables. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JF515 .B8 1853

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 45027500

OCLC Number

  • 22682414

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Burleigh, Joseph Bartlett, Thomas Jefferson, and Mexico. The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress; Jefferson's manual; and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on Congressional proceedings: with copious notes and marginal references, explaining the rules and the authority therefor. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & co, 1853. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/45027500/.

APA citation style:

Burleigh, J. B., Jefferson, T. & Mexico. (1853) The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress; Jefferson's manual; and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on Congressional proceedings: with copious notes and marginal references, explaining the rules and the authority therefor. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & co. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/45027500/.

MLA citation style:

Burleigh, Joseph Bartlett, Thomas Jefferson, and Mexico. The legislative guide, containing all the rules for conducting business in Congress; Jefferson's manual; and the Citizens' manual, including a concise system of rules of order founded on Congressional proceedings: with copious notes and marginal references, explaining the rules and the authority therefor. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & co, 1853. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/45027500/>.