Herman Vandenburg Ames

Herman Vandenburg Ames was an American legal historian, archivist, and professor of United States constitutional history. He was a driving force behind the establishment of the Pennsylvania State Archives. His 1897 monograph, The Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S. During the First Century of Its History, was a landmark work in American constitutionalhistory. Ames’ great grandfather, Job Ames,...