| Introduction |
| 1. | John Locke, Second Treatise, §§ 95--99, 1689 |
| 2. | Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, bk. 20, CHS. 1--8, 1748 |
| 3. | David Hume, Of Commerce, 1752 |
| 4. | Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 10 Jan. 1776 |
| 5. | John Adams, Thoughts on Government, Apr. 1776 |
| 6. | Gouverneur Morris, Political Enquiries, 1776 |
| 7. | Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, 1821 |
| 8. | The Essex Result, 29 Apr. 1778 |
| 9. | Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 19, 164--65, 1784 |
| 10. | John Adams, Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, 1787 |
| 11. | James Madison, Vices of the Political System of the United States, Apr. 1787 |
| 12. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 13. | Northwest Ordinance, 13 July 1787 |
| 14. | Brutus, no. 1, 18 Oct. 1787 |
| 15. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 Oct. 1787 |
| 16. | Cato, no. 3, Fall 1787 |
| 17. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 6, 31--35, 14 Nov. 1787 |
| 18. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 9, 50--53, 21 Nov. 1787 |
| 19. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 10, 56--65, 22 Nov. 1787 |
| 20. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 11, 65--73, 24 Nov. 1787 |
| 21. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 12, 73--74, 27 Nov. 1787 |
| 22. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 14, 88--89, 30 Nov. 1787 |
| 23. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 22, 138--39, 14 Dec. 1787 |
| 24. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 39, 250--53, 16 Jan. 1788 |
| 25. | Federal Farmer, no. 18, 25 Jan. 1788 |
| 26. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 57, 384--85, 19 Feb. 1788 |
| 27. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 63, 422--29, 1 Mar. 1788 |
| 28. | Charles Pinckney, South Carolina Ratifying Convention, 14 May 1788 |
| 29. | John Adams to Roger Sherman, 18 July 1789 |
| 30. | Benjamin Rush to John Adams, 21 July 1789 |
| 31. | Alexander Hamilton, Report on Manufactures, 5 Dec. 1791 |
| 32. | Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, Part 2, 1792 |
| 33. | Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801 |
| 34. | Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 2 Feb. 1816 |
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