Research Catalog

Title

• The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist speeches, articles and letters during the struggle over ratification.

Publication

New York : The Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press, c1993-

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Details

Additional Authors

Bailyn, Bernard

Description

v.; 21 cm.

Summary

Contains writings, debates, and speeches from 1787-88 expressing views on the United States Constitution, both for and against ratification.

Series Statement

• The Library of America ; 62

Uniform Title

Library of America 62.

Subject

• 1783-1789
• Constitution and Bylaws > United States > Addresses
• Constitution and Bylaws > United States > Collected Correspondence
• Constitutional history > United States
• Federal Government > history > United States
• Federalist
• History, 18th Century
• Jurisprudence > history > United States
• United States
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789

Genre/Form

• Address
• Collected Correspondence

Note

• "Bernard Bailyn selected the contents and wrote the headings for this volume."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Debates in the press and in private correspondence, September 17, 1787-January 12, 1788; Debates in the state ratifying conventions: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts -- pt. 2. Debates in the press and in private correspondence, January 14, 1788-August 1788; Debates in the state ratifying conventions: South Carolina, Virginia, New York, North Carolina; Appendix:The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, Letter from the Constitutional Convention to the President of Congress,Resolutions of the Convention concerning the ratification and implementationof the Constitution, The Constitution.

ISBN

• 0940450429 (v. 1) :
• 094045064X (v. 2) :

LCCN

^^^92025449^

OCLC

26211108

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library