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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) SECOND EDITION. - The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution vol. 1
SECOND EDITION. - Jonathan Elliot, The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution vol. 1 [1827]Edition used:The debates in the several state conventions on the adoption of the federal Constitution, as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the federal convention, Luther Martin’s letter, Yates’s minutes, Congressional opinions, Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of ‘98-‘99, and other illustrations of the Constitution … 2d ed., with considerable additions. Collected and rev. from contemporary publications, by Jonathan Elliot. Pub. under the sanction of Congress. (1836), 5 vols.
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- Preface to the First Edition.
- Second Edition.
- Notices of This Work.
- Constitution of the United States of America.
- Constitution.
- Amendments.
- Sketch of Ante-revolutionary History.
- Gradual Approaches Towards Independence.
- The Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
- Political Rights and Sovereignty.
- Occurrences Incident to Act of Confederation
- Official Letter Accompanying Act of Confederation.
- Jefferson’s Notes of Debate On Confederation
- Articles of Confederation to All to Whom These Presents Shall Come,
- Ratification.
- Abstract of Proceedings In Congress On Certain Proposed Alterations, Amendments, Or Additions, Proposed By Certain States to the Articles of Confederation.
- Proceedings Which Led to the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
- Federal Convention.
- List of the Members of the Federal Convention, Which Formed the Constitution of the United States.
- Credentials of Members of the Federal Convention.
- Journal of the Federal Convention
- The Ratifications of the Twelve States, Reported In the General Convention.
- Amendments Proposed,
- Luther Martin’s Letter On the Federal Convention of 1787.
- The Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787, Taken By the Late Hon. Robert Yates, Chief Justice of the State of New York, and One of the Delegates From That State to the Said Convention.
- Letter From the Hon. Robert Yates and the Hon. John Lansing, Jun., Esquires, to the Governor of New York; Containing Their Reasons For Not Subscribing to the Federal Constitution.
- A Letter of His Excellency, Edmund Randolph, Esq., On the Federal Constitution; Addressed to the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Delegates, Virginia.
- Letter From the Hon. Roger Sherman, and the Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, Esquires, Delegates From the State of Connecticut, In the Late Federal Convention, to His Excellency, the Governor of Said State.
- Letter Containing the Reasons of the Hon. Elbridge Gerry, Esq., For Not Signing the Federal Constitution.
- Objections of the Hon. George Mason, One of the Delegates From Virginia In the Late Continental Convention, to the Proposed Federal Constitution; Assigned As His Reasons For Not Signing the Same.
- Address to the People of the State of New York, On the Subject of the Proposed Federal Constitution By the Hon. John Jay, Minister For Foreign Affairs to the United States In Congress Assembled.
- Letter From the Hon. Richard Henry Lee, Esq. One of the Delegates In Congress From the State of Virginia.
- Gouverneur Morris to General Washington
- Gouverneur Morris to Timothy Pickering, In Congress.
- James Madison to Mr. Sparks.
SECOND EDITION.
Honored by the adoption of resolutions, in both Houses of Congress, directing these volumes of Debates to be furnished for the use of the senators and representatives, and gratified by an extensive demand, elsewhere, for this work, the Editor has been induced to publish a Second Edition, much enlarged and improved, not only by the insertion of additional illustrative matter, but also by a more extensive stock of Debates, which he hopes may confer greater value on his undertaking. The practice of the Constitution has likewise been brought down to the present time, in the form of “Opinions,” delivered during debate, in the twenty-fourth Congress.
J. E. May 17, 1836.
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