Title page from The Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution vol. 5

Part of: The Debates in the Several State Conventions 5 vols The Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution vol. 5

This is Vol. 5 of an influential early 19th century edition of key documents about the ratification of the US Constitution by the states. It contains debates on the adoption of the Federal Constitution in the convention held at Philadelphia in 1787, with a diary of the debates of the Congress of the Confederation as reported by James Madison. Rev. and newly arranged by Jonathan Elliot. Supplementary to Elliot’s Debates.