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COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION
"FOREIGN SPECTATOR" (Nicholas Collin),
503, 504n
FOREIGNERS, 301n
FOREST, ANTOINE DE LA (France;
CC:Vol. 1, 261n)
-letters from, 136-38; quoted, 67n,
181n
-letter to: cited, 136
FORTS, MAGAZINES, ETC., 50, 82
FOSTER, DWIGHT (Mass.)
-letter from: quoted, 61n
FOSTER, REBECCA (Mass.)
-letter to: quoted, 61n
Fox, CHARLES JAMES (England), 414,
414n-15n
FoxcEorr, JOHN (England), 570
FRANCE: See Governments, ancient and
modern
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN' (Pa.; CC:Vol. 1,
80n), 38n, 78n, 218n, 506n, 566, 570,
594; praised, 201n, 459; attacked as a
public defaulter, 217n, 218n, 476; de-
fended against charge of being a pub-
lic defaulter, 217n, 475n; described as
Federalist, 321; deceived George
Washington into signing Constitution,
476
-letters from, 135-36; quoted, 232n;
cited, 136n, 231, 232n
-letter to, 231-32
-speech in Constitutional Convention,
136, 217n
FRANKLIN, STATE OF, 35-36, 42, 352
FRANKLIN COUNTY, PA., 259, 261n, 489
FREEMAN, JAMES (Mass.): id., 504n
-letter from, 504
"A FREEMAN" (Tench Coxe), 49n; text of,
49-52; authorship of, 49n, 238, 241n;
circulation of, 49, 303
"A FRIEND TO LAW AND ORDER," 574n,
577-78
"FRIEND TO THE PEOPLE," 586-87
GANSEVOORT, LEONARD (N.Y.), 468n
-letters from: quoted, 79n, 200n; cited,
467n, 468n
GANSEVOORT, PETER (N.Y.), 200n
GATES, HORATIO (Va.)
-letters to: quoted, 62n, 182n; cited,
171n
GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE: defended,
22-23; attacked, 74, 75. See also Nec-
essary and proper clause; Reserved
powers
"GENUINE INFORMATION" (Luther Mar-
tin), 240; texts of, 8-11, 39-42, 89-
93; circulation of, 11In, 42n, 93n, 238,
544-45, 552-53; praised, 31-32, 87,
527; quoted, 32-34, 34-37, 285, 349n;
cited, 32, 57, 271n, 272n, 418, 419,
421n, 529n; pamphlet edition, 38n;
attacked, 527
GEORGIA: ratifies Constitution, 3, 11, 20,
71, 80, 82, 104, 105, 118, 120n, 122,
137, 140, 143, 151, 171, 287, 305,
341, 375, 488, 503, 522, 537; not ea-
ger to implement Constitution, 11; In-
dian danger in, 11, 104, 287, 305, 488;
western lands of, 39-40; in Constitu-
tional Convention, 41, 416, 427-28;
population of, 111, 119, 510; consti-
tution and government of, 111-12,
326n, 393n; has not paid its congres-
sional requisitions, 217n, 221n, 375,
375n; attack on Federalists in, 341,
375; calls state convention too quickly,
488; Antifederalist literature in, 535.
See also Newspapers; Savannah;
Southern States
GERMANS, 353
GERMANY, 193, 367
GERRY, ELBRIDGE (Mass.; CC:Vol. 1,
196n), 307; attends Mass. Conven-
tion, 3, 3n, 116, 116n, 269, 272n,
307n, 347; defended, 241n, 265-72,
342-49, 415-16; attacks on, 265n,
266, 300, 300n, 342n, 375, 415n; al-
leged author of "A Columbian Pa-
triot," 273n; described as Antifederal-
ist leader, 513; supports Constitution
after Mass. ratification, 515
-letters from: quoted, 540n; cited, 299,
300, 349n
-letter to, 299-300
-in Constitutional Convention, 265n-
72n, 345-47, 416; on a bill of rights,
50, 52n, 461n; as a non-signer, 208n;
on ex post facto laws, 221n; allegedly
criticizes Luther Martin in, 266; on
redemption of Continental money,
268-69, 345; attendance in, 344, 349n;
on representation in Congress, 416,
420n; on President's term, 420n; on
size of peacetime army, 461n; on lib-
erty of the press, 461n
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