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SYMBOLS
Hoffman, Spirit of
Dissension
JCC
Land, Colonial
Maryland
MHM
Montesquieu,
Spirit of Laws
PCC
Rutland, Madison
Thorpe
Washington Diaries
CC
CDR
RCS
Ronald Hoffman, A Spirit of Dissension: Economics,
Politics, and the Revolution in Maryland (Balti-
more, 1973).
Worthington C. Ford et al., eds., Journals of the
Continental Congress, 1774-1789 ... (34 vols.,
Washington, D.C., 1904-1937).
Aubrey C. Land, Colonial Maryland: A History
(White Plains, N.Y., 1981).
Maryland Historical Magazine.
Charles, Baron de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws
(Translated from the French by Thomas Nu-
gent, 5th ed., 2 vols., London, 1773). Originally
published in Geneva in 1748.
Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
(Record Group 360, National Archives).
Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James
Madison, Volumes VIII-XVII (Chicago and
Charlottesville, Va., 1973-1991).
Francis N. Thorpe, ed., The Federal and State Con-
stitutions ... (7 vols., Washington, D.C., 1909).
Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds., The
Diaries of George Washington (6 vols., Charlottes-
ville, Va., 1976-1979).
Cross-references to Volumes of
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
References to Commentaries on the Constitution are
cited as "CC" followed by the number of the
document. For example: "CC:25."
References to the first volume, titled Constitu-
tional Documents and Records, 1776-1787, are
cited as "CDR" followed by the page number.
For example: "CDR, 325."
References to the series of volumes titled, Ratifi-
cation of the Constitution by the States, are cited as
"RCS" followed by the abbreviation of the state
and the page number. For example: "RCS:R.I.,
325."
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