The Great Yazoo Lands Sale : The Case of Fletcher v. Peck /

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"In 1795, the Georgia legislature sold the state's western lands (present-day Alabama and Mississippi) to four private land companies. A year later, amid revelations of bribery, a newly elected legislature revoked the sale. This book tells the story of how the great Yazoo lands sale gave r...

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Autor principal: Hobson, Charles F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Peck, John, > of Newton, in the District of Massachusetts.
Fletcher, Robert, > of Amherst, in the District of New-Hampshire.
Peck, John, > of Newton, in the District of Massachusetts > Trials, litigation, etc.
Fletcher, Robert, > of Amherst, in the District of New-Hampshire > Trials, litigation, etc.
New England Mississippi Land Company.
Georgia Mississippi Company.
New England Mississippi Land Company > Trials, litigation, etc.
Georgia Mississippi Company > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials.
Public land sales.
Contracts.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
LAW > Constitutional.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Terres publiques > Vente > Georgie (État) > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Contrats > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Public land sales > Georgia > History > 18th century.
Contracts > United States > History > 19th century.
Yazoo Fraud, 1795.
United States.
Georgia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Georgia sells Its Western lands
  • 2. Georgia rescinds the Yazoo sale
  • 3. New England purchasers become Yazoo claimants
  • 4. Fletcher sues Peck; Congress debates Yazoo
  • 5. The contract clause, vested rights, and first argument, 1809
  • 6. The Supreme Court decides Fletcher; Congress indemnifies claimants
  • 7. The Marshall court and the contract clause after Fletcher.

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