The Story of the Real—and Mostly Unknown—Author of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris

The Story of the Real—and Mostly Unknown—Author of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris

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On this episode of Our American Stories, our next story is told by Dennis C. Rasmussen, a professor of political science at Syracuse University and a Jack Miller Center Fellow. He’s also the author of The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter. Rasmussen tells the story of a Founding Father who wrote seven of the most famous words in American history: “We the People of the United States.”

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