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I highly recommend a book that I am currently reading. Akhil Amar, The Words That Made Us. I'm not sure where this fits in your timeframes, but it was published in 2024. It is a deep dive into the constitutional history of the U.S. during the period 1760-1840, and is the first volume of a contemplated trilogy. It is very readable and absorbing.

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Is it "The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840"? If so, I believe it came out in 2021—and I featured it in LLL at that time (link below).

Or is there perhaps a sequel, picking up in 1840? I can't seem to find one in a quick search—but he is very prolific, so I would not be surprised if I'm missing something!

https://davidlat.substack.com/p/lats-legal-library-052021-constitutional

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