Constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787
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Jensen, Merrill, Editor
Constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787
(The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution, 1)
Madison, Wisconsin: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976
v. ; 24 cm
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.DHRCv1
Contents
[Cover] Constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787
[Title page] Volume I: constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787, pp. [3]-[4]
[Foreword] Foreword, Rhoads, James Berton pp. 5-[8]
Introduction and acknowledgments, Cushman, Robert Eugene, 1889-1969 pp. 9-16
Contents, pp. 17-22
Introduction to The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, pp. [23]-[24]
Introduction and acknowledgments, Jensen, Merrill pp. 25-29
The sources, pp. 30-38
Organization, pp. 39-42
Editorial procedures, pp. 43-47
American newspapers, 1787-1790, pp. 48-50
Constitutional documents and records, 1776-1787, pp. [51]-70
I. The Declaration of Independence, pp. [71]-76
II. The Articles of Confederation, pp. [77]-94
III. Ratification of the Articles of Confederation by the states in Congress, 22 June 1778-1 March 1781, pp. [95]-[138]
V. The calling of the Constitutional Convention, 21 January 1786-21 February 1787, pp. [175]-190
VI. Appointments of delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 23 November 1786-15 September 1787, pp. [191]-230
VII. The resolutions and draft constitutions of the Constitutional Convention, 29 May-17 September 1787, pp. [231]-[302]
VIII. The report of the Constitutional Convention, 17 September 1787, pp. [303]-320
IX. The Confederation Congress and the Constitution, 20-28 September 1787, pp. [321]-[354]
Index, pp. 355-391 ff.
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