The American Revolution and Constitution

About this Collection

The ideals of individual liberty and limited government motivated the men and women who took part in the creation of the American Republic. The OLL includes critical primary sources that helped shape the nation’s cultural, religious, and historical tradition. These books reveal the character of American discourse about such crucial issues as the nature and importance of self-government, the purposes of federal union, and the role of religion in America’s drive for liberty.

See the books published by Liberty Fund in this subject area.

For additional information about the American Founding see the following:

• Timeline on the American Founding
• Key Documents
• in the Forum: The Founders' Constitution
• Collection: the American Revolution and Constitution
• Debate on Loyalists and Patriots before the American Revolution

Members:

• Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States 1787-1788 (Tench Coxe)
• Political Essays on the Nature and Operation of Money (Pelatiah Webster)
• Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols (Ellis Sandoz)
• Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 1 (1730-1788) (Ellis Sandoz)
• Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 2 (1789-1805) (Ellis Sandoz)
• The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 3vols. (Max Farrand)
• The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 1 (Max Farrand)
• The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 2 (Max Farrand)
• The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 3 (Max Farrand)
• Remarks concerning the Government and Laws of the United States of America (Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de Mably)
• Revolutionary Writings (John Adams)
• The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
• Rights of the British Colonies (James Otis)
• Select Works of Edmund Burke, 4 vols. (Francis Canavan)
• Select Works of Edmund Burke, vol. 1 (Francis Canavan)
• Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia (1776) (Thomas Hutchinson)
• Collected Political Writings of James Otis (James Otis)
• The Works of Benjamin Franklin, in 12 vols. (Benjamin Franklin)
• Timeline of the American Founding (David M. Hart)
• To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Selected Writings (Gouverneur Morris)
• A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States 2 vols. (Christopher G. Tiedeman)
• A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States vol. 1 (Christopher G. Tiedeman)
• A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States vol. 2 (Christopher G. Tiedeman)
• The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (1860) (Lysander Spooner)
• The Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Part Second (1860) (Lysander Spooner)