James H. Hutson Explained

James H. Hutson
Birth Name:	James Howard Hutson
Nationality:	American
Education:	Yale University (PhD)

James Howard Hutson (born 1937) was a historian and author of early American history and is considered a leading scholar about the influence of religion during the American founding and has written a number of books and journals on this subject. An alumni and faculty member of Yale University, he was Chief of the Manuscript division at the Library of Congress.^[1]

Education and career

Hutson received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1964. Since 1982, he has been a member of the History Departments at Yale University and William and Mary College and is Chief of their Library's Manuscript Division.^[2]

Hutson was the supervisory librarian at the Library of Congress. He taught history at Yale University and served as assistant editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin.^[3] Hutson was a Coordinator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Programs at the Library of Congress and was a lecturer at the College of William & Mary and Yale University.^[4]

Works

Hutson has written a number of books and journals which include:

• Book: Hutson, James H. . Pennsylvania Politics, 1746-1770: The Movement for Royal Government and Its Consequences . Princeton University Press . 1972 . 978-0-6910-4611-2 . hutson1972.

• Hutson . James H. . 2 . Pierce Butler's Records of the Federal Constitutional Convention . The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress . 64–73 . 37 . 1 . Winter 1980 . 29781839 . hutson1980.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . John Adams and the diplomacy of the American Revolution . University Press of Kentucky= . 1980 . hutson1980b.

• Hutson . James H. . Country, Court, and Constitution: Antifederalism and the Historians . The William and Mary Quarterly . 337–368 . 2 . Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture . 38 . 3 . July 1981 . 1921952 . 10.2307/1921952 . Hutson1981.

• Hutson . James H. . The Creation of the Constitution: Scholarship at a Standstill . Reviews in American History . 463–477 . 2 . 12 . 4 . December 1984 . 2701897 . 10.2307/2701897 . hutson1984.

• Hutson . James H. . Riddles of the Federal Constitutional Convention . The William and Mary Quarterly . 411–423 . 44 . 3 . July 1987 . 2 . Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture . 1939764 . 10.2307/1939764. hutson1987.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989 . Library of Congress . 1989 . hutson 1989.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . The sister republics : Switzerland and the United States from 1776 to the present . Library of Congress . 1991 . hutson1991.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . Religion and the new republic : faith in the founding of America . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 2000 . hutson2000.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Religious Themes in the Early American Republic . 2 . Lexington Books . 2003 . 978-0-7391-0570-2 . hutson2003.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . The founders on religion : a book of quotations . Princeton University Press . 2005 . hutson2005.

• Book: Hutson, James H. . 2 . Church and state in America : the first two centuries . Cambridge University Press . 2008 . hutson2008.

See also

• Bibliography of the United States Constitution

Sources

• Book: Hutson, James H. . Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Religious Themes in the Early American Republic . Lexington Books . 2003 . 978-0-7391-0570-2 . hutson2003.
• Web site: Biography - James Hutson, Library of Congress . Library of Congress . 2017 . April 30, 2023 . loc2017.

Notes and References

1. [#hutson2003|Hutson, 2003]
2. [#loc2017|Library of Congress, 2017]
3. [#hutson1980b|Hutson, 1980]
4. [#hutson2008|Hutson, 2008]