Amendment III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

1.Benjamin Franklin, The Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser, 2 May 1765
2.Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette, 17 Oct. 1768
3.Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves, 14 Oct. 1774
4.Joseph Hawley to Elbridge Gerry, 18 Feb. 1776
5.Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776
6.Delaware Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, 11 Sept. 1776
7.Federal Farmer, no. 16, 20 Jan. 1788
8.Debate in Virginia Ratifying Convention, 16 June 1788
9.House of Representatives, Amendments to the Constitution, 17 Aug. 1789
10.St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 300--301, 1803
11.William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 126--27 1829 (2d ed.)
12.Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§ 1893, 1833
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