The Debates in the Several State Conventions,
on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution,
as Recommended by the
General Convention at Philadelphia,
in 1787

With the
Journal of the Federal Convention,
Luther Martin’s Letter,
Yates’s Minutes,
Congressional Opinions,
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of ’98-’99.

And
Other Illustrations of the Constitution

In Five Volumes

Vol. I.

Second Edition, With Considerable Additions.

Collected and Revised From Contemporary Publications
By Jonathan Elliot

Published under the Sanction of Congress

Philadelphia:
J. B. Lippincott Company.
1901. [p.i]