| Introduction |
| 1. | Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, bk. 8, CHS. 16, 17, 19, 20; BK. 9, CHS. 1--3, 1748 |
| 2. | Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 29 June 1776 |
| 3. | George Mason to Thomas Jefferson, 27 Sept. 1781 |
| 4. | James Wilson, Considerations on the Bank, 1785 |
| 5. | Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 16 Dec. 1786 |
| 6. | James Madison to George Washington, 16 Apr. 1787 |
| 7. | Virginia Plan, 29 May 1787 |
| 8. | Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, 9 June 1787 |
| 9. | New Jersey Plan, 15 June 1787 |
| 10. | Alexander Hamilton, Federal Convention, 18 June 1787 |
| 11. | Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 20 June 1787 |
| 12. | Federal Farmer, no. 1, 8 Oct. 1787 |
| 13. | Brutus, no. 1, 18 Oct. 1787 |
| 14. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 Oct. 1787 |
| 15. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 9, 52--55, 21 Nov. 1787 |
| 16. | John Smilie, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 28 Nov. 1787 |
| 17. | William Findley, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 1 Dec. 1787 |
| 18. | James Wilson, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 1--11 Dec. 1787 |
| 19. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 15, 90--98, 1 Dec. 1787 |
| 20. | Samuel Adams to Richard Henry Lee, 3 Dec. 1787 |
| 21. | Agrippa, no. 4, 3 Dec. 1787 |
| 22. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 16, 99--105, 4 Dec. 1787 |
| 23. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 17, 105--8, 5 Dec. 1787 |
| 24. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 27, 171--75, 25 Dec. 1787 |
| 25. | Federal Farmer, no. 6, 25 Dec. 1787 |
| 26. | Brutus, no. 7, 3 Jan. 1788 |
| 27. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 39, 253--57, 16 Jan. 1788 |
| 28. | Federal Farmer, no. 17, 23 Jan. 1788 |
| 29. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 45, 308--14, 26 Jan. 1788 |
| 30. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 46, 315--23, 29 Jan. 1788 |
| 31. | Brutus, no. 11, 31 Jan. 1788 |
| 32. | Luther Martin, Genuine Information, 1788 |
| 33. | Impartial Examiner, no. 1, 5 Mar. 1788 |
| 34. | Brutus, no. 15, 20 Mar. 1788 |
| 35. | The Fallacies of the Freeman Detected by a [Pennsylvania] Farmer, 23 Apr. 1788 |
| 36. | Impartial Examiner, no. 2, 28 May 1788 |
| 37. | George Mason, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4 June 1788 |
| 38. | Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4--12 June 1788 |
| 39. | George Clinton, New York Ratifying Convention, 11 July 1788 |
| 40. | James Madison, Consolidation, 5 Dec. 1791 |
| 41. | Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions Relative to the Alien and Sedition Acts, 10 Nov. 1798 |
| 42. | James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, Jan. 1800 |
| 43. | James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1801 |
| 44. | Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, 1821 |
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