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Painless Primary Docs

  • May 13, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 13m AVG DURATION
  • 11 EPISODES


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S1E12 - Sherman's Letter to Governor Huntington about the New Constitution

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 2:39


Episode Notes A letter that Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth wrote to the governor of Connecticut informing him of some of the powers given to Congress by the new constitution.

S1E11 - George Mason's Speech Against the Federal Government's Power to Tax.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 12:17


Episode Notes George Mason explains his concerns about the taxing power given to the new central government created by the Constitution.

S1E10 - Jefferson to Cartwright June 5, 1824

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 13:39


Episode Notes A letter from Jefferson to his friend about various topics.

S1E9 - Brutus XI - The Supreme Court is too Powerful

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 8:08


Episode Notes Brutus discusses the powers of the Supreme Court in the proposed constitution. He explains how he thinks the court is too powerful. The title "The Court is Too Powerful" is not his actual title, but one I added.

S1E8 - Lincoln's First Inaugural Address - Lincoln Tries to Convince the South to Stay in the Union

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 19:49


An edited and simplified version of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.

S1E7 - Federalist 38, "The Incoherence of the Objections to the Constitution"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 12:57


Madison analyzes some of the objections to the Constitution.

S1E6 - The Cornerstone Speech, Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2018 26:30


This document has been edited to make it easier to understand. Painless Primary Docs does not endorse the opinions or ideas contained in this, or any other document provided by this podcast. These documents are provided for the purpose of historical education.

William Pitt's Speech Against the Stamp Act. January 14, 1766

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2018 7:52


This document has been edited to make it easier to understand.

Anti-Federalist 7, Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to Civil War

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2018 5:14


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A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2018 21:07


This was written by Thomas Jefferson as a recommendation of what the Continental Congress could send to the king.

Brutus I, October 18, 1787

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2017 22:36


Edited version of Robert Yates' Anti-Federalist paper.

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