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Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction by Jon Roland

 Federal Constitution

Ante-Revolutionary History

Approaches towards Independence

 Declaration of Independence

Political Rights and Sovereignty

Occurrences incident to Act of Confederation

Official Action accompanying Act of Confederation

Confederation

Debates

 Articles

Objections of certain States

Proceedings which led to the Adoption of the Constitution

The Federal Convention

Ratifications

Amendments Proposed

 Luther Martin's Letter

Yate's Minutes

Yates and Lansing's Letter

Edmund Randolph's Letter

Sherman and Ellsworth's Letter

Elbridge Gerry's Letter

George Mason's Objections

John Jay's Address

Richard Henry Lee's Letter

Gouverneur Morris's Letter to General Washington

Gouverneur Morris to Thomas Pickering

James Madison to Mr. Sparks

Index by Speakers' Names

  Convention of Massachusetts

  Convention of Connecticut

  Convention of New Hampshire

  Convention of New York

Circular

  Convention of Pennsylvania

  Harrisburg Proceedings

  Convention of Maryland

  Convention of Virginia

Resolutions; proposed Ratification

The Question; Ayes and Noes

Ratification; Form

Bill of Rights

Amendments proposed

The Question; Ayes and Noes

  Convention of North Carolina

Declaration of Rights

Amendments proposed

The Question on Adoption

South Carolina

  in Legislature

  in Convention

The Question on Ratification

  Ovum Reipublicæ — the Congress of 1765

  Opinions, from 1789 to 1836, involving Constitutional Principles, from Congressional Debates, &c.

 Virginia Resolutions of 1798, by Mr. Madison

Answers of the States

Kentucky Resolutions, by Mr. Jefferson

 Of 1798

 Of 1799

 Report on the Virginia Resolutions, by Mr. Madison

President Jackson's Proclamation on the Ordinances of South Carolina

Mr. Madison's Letter on the Tariff, and Banks

Mr. Jefferson on Banks

Mr. Madison to Mr. Stevenson, on Debts, &c.

Gen. Alexander Hamilton on Banks

Various Papers on the Veto Power

  Digest of Decisions in the Courts of the Union, involving Constitutional Principles

Debates in the Congress of the Confederation

From November 4, 1782, to June 21, 1783

From February 19 to April 25, 1787

Letters of Mr. Madison prior to the Convention of 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, February 25, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, March 11, 1787

To Thomas Jefferson, New York, March 19, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, April 8, 1787

 Debates in the Federal Convention, reported by Mr. Madison

Letters written after the Adjournment of the Federal Convention

To General Washington, New York, September 30, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, October 21, 1787

To Thomas Jefferson, New York, October 24, 1787

To General Washington, New York, October 28, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, November 18, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, December 2, 1787

To Thomas Jefferson, New York, December 20, 1787

To General Washington, New York, December 20, 1787

To Edmund Randolph, New York, January 10, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, January 27, 1788

To General Washington, New York, February 3, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, March 3, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, July 2, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, July 16, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, July 22, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, August 22, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, September 24, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, October 17, 1788

To Edmund Randolph, New York, November 2, 1788

Appendix to the Debates in the Federal Convention

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5