Commentaries on the Constitution,9780870202780

Commentaries on the Constitution

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ISBN13: 9780870202780
ISBN10: 0870202782
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-02-01
Publisher(s): Wisconsin Historical Society
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Summary

Commentaries on the Constitution: Public and Private, six volume series, is an integral but autonomous part of theRatificationseries. The documents in this volume present the day-by-day regional and national debates over the Constitution that took place in newspapers, magazines, broadsides, pamphlets, and private letters. This volume contains nearly 200 documents, many never before printed in modern editions, that suggest the political complexities involved in ratifying the Constitution, the sense of awe at what the U.S. had accomplished in drafting and adopting a new form of government founded on reason rather than force, the rivalry among states over the location of the capital, and the importance of George Washington as the inevitable first president under the Constitution.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xii
Organization xiv
Editorial Procedures xvi
Symbols xvii
Calendar for the Years 1787--1788 xxi
American Newspapers, 1787--1788 xxii
Ratification Chronology, 1786--1791 xxiv
The Documents
Nathan Dane to Samuel Adams, New York, 10 May
3(1)
The Federalist's Political Creed Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 10 May
4(3)
A Patriotic Citizen, Pennsylvania Mercury, 10 May
7(4)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 11 May
11(2)
A Freeman, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 13 May
13(1)
Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 14 May (excerpts)
14(2)
St. John de Crevecoeur to Comte de la Luzerne New York, 16 May (excerpt)
16(3)
Antoine de la Forest to Comte de la Luzerne, New York, 16 May
19(1)
Mercy Warren to Catherine Macaulay Graham, Milton, Mass., c. 16 May
20(2)
Maryland Journal, 16 May
22(2)
James Madison to George Nicholas, Orange County, Va., 17 May
24(7)
Samuel A. Otis to George Thatcher, New York, 18 May (excerpts)
31(1)
The New York Federal Republican Committee Seeks Interstate Cooperation in Obtaining Amendments to the Constitution, 18 May--6 August
32(36)
John Lamb to Richard Henry Lee, New York, 18 May
36(2)
From the New York Federal Republican Committee, New York, 6 June
38(1)
William Grayson to John Lamb, Richmond, 9 June
38(1)
Patrick Henry to John Lamb, Richmond, 9 June
39(1)
George Mason to John Lamb, Richmond, 9 June
40(5)
Joshua Atherton to John Lamb, Amherst, N.H., 11, 14 June
45(2)
Samuel Chase to John Lamb, Baltimore, 13 June
47(1)
John Lamb to George Clinton, New York, 17 June
48(1)
George Clinton to John Lamb, Poughkeepsie, 21 June
48(1)
Robert Yates to George Mason, Poughkeepsie, 21 June
49(1)
Rawlins Lowndes to John Lamb, Charleston, 21 June
50(1)
Joshua Atherton to John Lamb, Amherst, N.H., 23 June
51(2)
Timothy Bloodworth to John Lamb, North Carolina, 23 June
53(2)
Aedanus Burke to John Lamb, Charleston, 23 June
55(2)
Richard Henry Lee to John Lamb, Chantilly, Va., 27 June
57(1)
Timothy Bloodworth to John Lamb, North Carolina, 1 July
58(1)
Thomas Person to John Lamb, Goshen Courthouse, N.C., 6 August
59(9)
An American: To the Members of the Virginia Convention Pennsylvania Gazette, 21, 28 May
68(2)
Virginia Independent Chronicle, 21 May
70(1)
South Carolina Convention Amendments, 23 May
71(1)
James Monroe: Some Observations on the Constitution, c. 25 May
72(2)
Richard Henry Lee to Edmund Pendleton, Chantilly, Va., 26 May
74(5)
George Mason to Thomas Jefferson, Gunston Hall, Va., 26 May (excerpt)
79(2)
Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, Paris, 27 May (excerpt)
81(1)
George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette Mount Vernon, 28 May (excerpt)
82(5)
Editor's Note: Publication of Volume II of The Federalist, 28 May
83(4)
Publius: The Federalist 78, New York, 28 May
87(7)
Publius: The Federalist 79, New York, 28 May
94(2)
Publius: The Federalist 80, New York, 28 May
96(6)
Publius: The Federalist 81, New York, 28 May
102(9)
Publius: The Federalist 82, New York, 28 May
111(4)
Publius: The Federalist 83, New York, 28 May
115(12)
Publius: The Federalist 84, New York, 28 May
127(10)
Publius: The Federalist 85, New York, 28 May
137(6)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 29 May (excerpt)
143(4)
Baron Beelen-Bertholff to Count Trauttmannsdorf Philadelphia, 31 May (excerpts)
147(1)
Hugh Williamson to James Madison, New York, 2 June
148(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 3 June
149(2)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 5 June (excerpts)
151(2)
Charles Pettit to Robert Whitehill, Philadelphia, 5 June
153(5)
Editors' Note: Curtius, Boston Independent Chronicle, 5 June
158(1)
David Ramsay Oration, Charleston Columbian Herald, 5 June
158(7)
Gaspard Joseph Amand Ducher to Comte de la Luzerne Wilmington, N.C., 6 June
165(2)
John Vaughan to John Langdon, Philadelphia, 6 June
167(2)
Nathan Dane to Moses Brown, New York, 7 June
169(2)
Antoine de la Forest to Comte de la Luzerne, New York, 9 June
171(2)
Benjamin Franklin to Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours Philadelphia, 9 June (excerpt)
173(1)
St. John de Crevecoeur to William Short, New York, 10 June (excerpt)
174(1)
A Pennsylvanian: To the New York Convention Pennsylvania Gazette, 11 June
175(1)
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln, New York, 13 June
176(2)
Edmund Pendleton to Richard Henry Lee, Richmond, 14 June
178(5)
George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette Mount Vernon, 18 June (excerpt)
183(2)
New Jersey Journal, 18 June
185(1)
New Hampshire Convention Amendments, 21 June
186(3)
Tench Coxe to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, 25 June (excerpt)
189(1)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 25 June
189(5)
Ezra Stiles Diary, New Haven, 25 June (excerpt)
194(1)
Philippe Andre Joseph de Letombe to Comte de la Luzerne Boston, 26 June (excerpts)
194(5)
Virginia Convention Amendments, 27 June
199(7)
Elbridge Gerry to James Warren, Cambridge, Mass., 28 June
206(1)
George Washington to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Mount Vernon, 28 June
207(2)
Pennsylvania Mercury, 28 June
209(2)
Henry Knox to John Sullivan, New York, 29 June
211(1)
The Confederation Congress Receives the New Hampshire Form of Ratification, New York, 2 July
212(1)
Benjamin Rush to John Adams, Philadelphia, 2 July (excerpts)
213(1)
Nathan Dane to Melancton Smith, New York, 3 July
214(6)
Anthony Wayne to Marquis de Lafayette, Savannah, 4 July (excerpt)
220(1)
The Celebration of the Fourth of July and the Ratification of the Constitution
221(33)
Jonathan Mitchell Sewall Oration Portsmouth, N.H., 4 July (excerpt)
221(3)
Harrison Gray Otis Oration, Boston, 4 July (excerpt)
224(7)
Enos Hitchcock Oration, Providence, 4 July (excerpt)
231(4)
Simeon Baldwin Oration, New Haven, 4 July (excerpt)
235(7)
James Wilson Oration, Philadelphia, 4 July (excerpts)
242(4)
Francis Hopkinson: An Ode, Philadelphia, 4 July
246(2)
Alexander Reinagle: The Federal March Philadelphia, 4 July
248(1)
William Pierce Oration, Savannah, 4 July (excerpts)
249(5)
Springfield Hampshire Chronicle, 9 July
254(1)
Coxe and Frazier on Trade and the Constitution
255(1)
To James O'Neal, Philadelphia, 10 July (excerpt)
255(1)
To Stephen Blackett, Philadelphia, 11 July (excerpt)
255(1)
Samuel Osgood to Melancton Smith and Samuel Jones, New York, 11 July
256(2)
William Stuart to Griffith Evans, New York, 11 July
258(2)
Jean-Baptiste Petry to Comte de la Luzerne, Charleston, 13 July (excerpt)
260(1)
Benjamin Rush: Observations on the Fourth of July Procession in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mercury, 15 July
261(8)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 16 July
269(1)
Francis Hopkinson to Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, 17 July (excerpts)
270(1)
John Adams to Arthur Lee, Braintree, Mass., 18 July
271(1)
Thomas Jefferson to Edward Rutledge, Paris, 18 July (excerpt)
272(1)
William Brown to William Cullen, Alexandria, Va., 19 July (excerpt)
273(1)
George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Mount Vernon, 20 July
273(2)
Abraham Clark to Thomas Sinnickson, New York, 23 July
275(2)
A Friend of Society and Liberty, Pennsylvania Gazette, 23 July
277(9)
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 24--26 July (excerpts)
286(2)
Woodstock, Conn., Celebrates the Ratification of the Constitution Massachusetts Spy, 24 July
288(2)
William Pitt Smith: Ode on the Adoption of the Constitution New York Journal, 24 July
290(3)
Edward Carrington to William Short, New York, 26 July
293(1)
New York Ratifies the Constitution, 26 July
294(13)
Declaration of Rights and Form of Ratification Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 29 July
297(4)
Recommendatory Amendments Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 12 August
301(5)
Circular Letter, 26 July Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 5 August
306(1)
Baron Beelen-Bertholff to Count Trauttmannsdorf Philadelphia, 1 August (excerpt)
307(1)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 2 August
308(4)
North Carolina Convention Amendments, 2 August
312(8)
A Federal Song, Albany Journal, 4 August
320(1)
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 10 August (excerpt)
321(1)
James Madison to George Washington, New York, 11 August
322(2)
James Bowdoin to George Erving, Boston, 12 August (excerpt)
324(1)
Thomas Jefferson to William Carmichael, Paris, 12 August (excerpt)
325(1)
Alexander McCaul to Thomas Jefferson Glasgow, Scotland, 14 August (excerpt)
326(1)
A Native of Boston: Thoughts Upon the Political Situation of the United States, Worcester, 14 August
326(5)
Antoine de la Forest to Comte de la Luzerne, New York, 16 August
331(2)
Louis-Guillaume Otto to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 16 August
333(2)
Thomas Ruston to George Washington, Philadelphia, 17 August (excerpt)
335(1)
Nathaniel Barrett to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 18 August (excerpts)
336(1)
Thomas FitzSimons to Samuel Meredith, Philadelphia, 20 August
337(2)
Solon, Jr., Providence Gazette, 23 August
339(2)
Manasseh Cutler Sermon Marietta, Northwest Territory, 24 August (excerpt)
341(2)
James Madison to George Washington, New York, 24 August
343(2)
Gaspard Joseph Amand Ducher to Comte de la Luzerne Wilmington, N.C., 25 August
345(5)
William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 25 August (excerpt)
350(2)
Implementing the Constitution: George Washington as the First President, 28 August--c. 25 September
352(5)
George Washington to Alexander Hamilton Mount Vernon, 28 August (excerpts)
352(1)
Henry Lee to George Washington New York, 13 September (excerpts)
353(1)
George Washington to Henry Lee Mount Vernon, 22 September (excerpt)
354(1)
Alexander Hamilton to George Washington New York, c. 25 September (excerpts)
355(2)
Thomas Lee Shippen to William Short Chatelaine, Switzerland, 28 August (excerpt)
357(1)
George Washington to Sir Edward Newenham Mount Vernon, 29 August (excerpt)
358(2)
Collin McGregor to Neil Jamieson, New York, 1 September (excerpts)
360(1)
Andrew Allen to Tench Coxe, London, 8 September (excerpt)
361(2)
Jeremiah Hill to George Thatcher Biddeford, Maine, 9--11 September (excerpt)
363(1)
The Confederation Congress Calls the First Federal Elections New York, 13 September
364(51)
Appendix I: Newspaper Squibs or Fillers
New Hampshire Spy, 10 May
368(1)
New Hampshire Spy, 13 May
368(1)
Massachusetts Gazette, 13 May
368(1)
New Jersey Journal, 14 May
369(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 May
369(1)
Boston Independent Chronicle, 15 May
370(1)
Newport Herald, 15 May
371(1)
Providence United States Chronicle, 22 May
372(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 24 May
372(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 26 May
373(1)
New York Journal, 26 May
373(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 28 May
374(1)
Providence United States Chronicle, 29 May
374(1)
New York Journal, 29 May
375(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 4 June
375(1)
Providence United States Chronicle, 5 June
376(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 7 June
376(1)
Boston Gazette, 9 June
377(1)
Massachusetts Gazette, 10 June
377(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 11 June
378(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 14 June
379(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 16 June
379(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 18 June
380(1)
Virginia Independent Chronicle, 18 June
380(1)
New York Journal, 19 June
381(1)
New Hampshire: The Ninth Pillar Massachusetts Centinel, 25 June
381(2)
New Jersey Journal, 25 June
383(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 25 June
383(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 25 June
384(1)
Newport Herald, 26 June
384(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 27 June
385(1)
Maryland Journal, 1 July
385(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 2 July
385(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 2 July
386(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 2 July
386(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 2 July
387(1)
New Hampshire Gazette, 3 July
388(1)
Newport Herald, 3 July
388(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 3 July
389(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 4 July
390(1)
Massachusetts Gazette, 8 July
391(1)
Springfield Hampshire Chronicle, 9 July
391(1)
Massachusetts Spy, 10 July
392(1)
Newport Herald, 10 July
392(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 11 July
392(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 12 July
393(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 14 July
393(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 16 July
394(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 23 July
394(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 23 July
395(1)
Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 24 July
395(1)
Middletown, Conn., Middlesex Gazette, 28 July
396(1)
Pennsylvania Mercury, 29 July
396(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 30 July
397(1)
Newport Herald, 31 July
397(1)
Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 31 July
398(1)
New Hampshire Recorder, 5 August
398(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 6 August
398(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 6 August
399(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 6 August
399(1)
Vermont Journal, 11 August
400(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 13 August
400(2)
Massachusetts Centinel, 20 August
402(1)
Massachusetts Spy, 21 August
402(1)
Lansingburgh Federal Herald, 25 August
403(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 27 August
404(1)
Winchester Virginia Gazette, 27 August
404(1)
Newport Herald, 28 August
405(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 September
405(1)
Pennsylvania Packet, 3 September (excerpt)
406(1)
Appendix II
Statistical Table of the Circulation of Newspaper Items, Broadsides, and Pamphlets Published in Volume 6 of Commentaries
407(8)
Index 415

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