Bill of Rights

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Generally 5; Amends. I--X.

Charter of Libertyes and Priviledges, 30 Oct. 1683, The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution (1894), 1:111--16

Act Declareing What Are the Rights and Priviledges of Their Majesties Subjects Inhabiting within Their Province of New York, 13 May 1691, The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution (1894), 1:244--48

Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists and a List of Infringements and Violations of Rights, 1772, Writings 2:350--69

Maryland Declaration of Rights, 1776, Thorpe 3:1686--91

North Carolina Constitution of 1776, Thorpe 5:2787--88

Vermont Constitution of 1777, Thorpe 6:3739--42

New Hampshire Constitution of 1784, Thorpe 4:2453--57

Vermont Constitution of 1786, Thorpe 6:3751--54

North Carolina Delegates to Governor Caswell, 7 Aug. 1787, Farrand 3:68

Debate in Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 28 Oct.--11 Dec. 1787, Elliot 2:434--38, 529--42

James Iredell, Marcus, Answers to Mr. Mason's Objections to the Constitution, 1788, Pamphlets 335--36

Debate in Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1, 4--6 Feb. 1788, Elliot 2:130--33, 134--37, 148--78

Massachusetts Ratification of Constitution, 7 Feb. 1788, Elliot 1:322--23

Maryland Ratifying Convention, 24--29 Apr. 1788, Elliot 2:549--56

Elbridge Gerry, Reply to a Landholder, no. 2, 30 Apr. 1788, Essays 130--31

South Carolina Ratification of Constitution, 23 May 1788, Elliot 1:325

New Hampshire Ratification of Constitution, 21 June 1788, Elliot 1:325--27

Debate in New York Ratifying Convention, 25, 30 June 1788, Elliot 2:322, 324--25, 401--2

New York Ratifying Convention, Circular Letter to Governors of Other States, 28 July 1788, Elliot 2:413--14

New York Ratifying Convention, Proposed Amendments, 2, 4--5, 7--11, 15--16, 19, 23, 25 July 1788, Elliot 2:406--13

Proceedings of the Meeting at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 3 Sept. 1788, Elliot 2:543--46

James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1789, Papers 12:272

Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790, art. 9, Thorpe 5:3099--3101

South Carolina Constitution of 1790, art. 9, Thorpe 6:3264

Kentucky Constitution of 1792, art. 12, Thorpe 3:1274--76

New Hampshire Constitution of 1792, part 1, Thorpe 4:2471--75

Vermont Constitution of 1793, ch. 1, Thorpe 6:3762--64

Tennessee Constitution of 1796, art. 11, Thorpe 6:3422--24

Kentucky Constitution of 1799, art. 9, secs. 1--28, 3 Thorpe 1289--91

Ohio Constitution of 1802, art. 8, Thorpe 5:2909--12

St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 160--68 (1803)

Indiana Constitution of 1816, art. 1, Thorpe 3:1057--59

Mississippi Constitution of 1817, art. 1, Thorpe 4:2033--35

Connecticut Constitution of 1818, art. 1, Thorpe 1:537--38

Illinois Constitution of 1818, art. 8, Thorpe 2:981--83

Alabama Constitution of 1819, art. 1, Thorpe 1:96--98

Missouri Constitution of 1820, art. 13, Thorpe 4:2162--64

Mississippi Constitution of 1832, art. 1, secs. 1--30, Thorpe 4:2049--51

Tennessee Constitution of 1834, art. 1, Thorpe 6:3426--28

Michigan Constitution of 1835, art. 1, Thorpe 4:1930--32

The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Bill of Rights, Introduction
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