Index of Authors and Documents
References are to chapter or to constitutional section, and to document number. References to volume 1 are by chapter and document number (e.g., ch. 15, no. 23); references to constitutional provisions in volumes 2--4 are by article, section, clause, and document number (e.g., 1.8.8, no. 12); and references to volume 5 are by Amendment and document number (e.g., Amend. I [religion], no. 66). In the case of documents whose several clauses are ranged under a large number of headings (e.g., the Bill of Rights of 1689, the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, and the like), reference is made only to appearances of the complete text.
![]() | Adams, Abigail, Letters to John Adams | |||
| 31 Mar. 1776, ch. 15, no. 9 | ||||
| 7 May 1776, ch. 15, no. 12 | ||||
![]() | Adams, John | |||
| Clarendon, no. 3, 27 Jan. 1766, ch. 17, no. 12 | ||||
| Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, 1787, ch. 2, no. 12; ch. 4, no. 10; ch. 11, no. 10; ch. 12, no. 14; ch. 13, no. 17; ch. 15, no. 34; ch. 16, no. 15; ch. 18, no. 17 | ||||
| Instructions of the Town of Braintree on the Stamp Act, 10 Oct. 1765, Amends. V--VI, no. 12 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Abigail Adams, 14 Apr. 1776, ch. 15, no. 10 | ||||
| Samuel Adams, 18 Oct. 1790, ch. 11, no. 16 | ||||
| Jeremy Belknap, 21 Mar. 1795, ch. 15, no. 53 | ||||
| George Churchman and Jacob Lindley, 24 Jan. 1801, ch. 15, no. 57 | ||||
| Elbridge Gerry, 25 Apr. 1785, ch. 15, no. 30 | ||||
| John Jebb, 21 Aug. 1785, 1.6.1, no. 6 | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson | ||||
| 26 May 1777, 1.8.15, no. 4 | ||||
| 9 July 1813, ch. 15, no. 58 | ||||
| 13 July 1813, ch. 15, no. 59 | ||||
| 2 Sept. 1813, ch. 15, no. 60 | ||||
| 15 Nov. 1813, ch. 15, no. 62 | ||||
| 16 July 1814, ch. 15, no. 63 | ||||
| Timothy Pickering, 31 Oct. 1797, 2.1.1, no. 17 | ||||
| Josiah Quincy, 9 Feb. 1811, 4.3.1, no. 14 | ||||
| Roger Sherman | ||||
| 18 July 1789, ch. 4, no. 29 | ||||
| [20?] July 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 45 | ||||
| James Sullivan, 26 May 1776, ch. 13, no. 10 | ||||
| Mercy Warren | ||||
| 8 Jan. 1776, ch. 18, no. 7 | ||||
| 16 Apr. 1776, ch. 18, no. 9 | ||||
| Notes of a Debate in the Senate, 15 July 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 44 | ||||
| Notes on Debates in Congress, 5--6 Sept. 1774, ch. 12, no. 3 | ||||
| Novanglus | ||||
| no. 4, 13 Feb. 1775, Amend. I (religion), no. 22 | ||||
| no. 5, 20 Feb. 1775, Amends. V--VI, no. 16 | ||||
| Thoughts on Government, Apr. 1776, ch. 4, no. 5; ch. 18, no. 8 | ||||
![]() | Adams, John Quincy, Letter to William Plumer, 16 Aug. 1809, ch. 7, no. 25 | |||
![]() | Adams, Samuel | |||
| Boston Gazette | ||||
| 17 Oct. 1768, Amend. III, no. 2 | ||||
| 27 Feb. 1769, ch. 3, no. 4 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Elbridge Gerry, 22 Aug. 1789, 1.8.17, no. 9 | ||||
| Richard Henry Lee | ||||
| 3 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 20 | ||||
| 29 Aug. 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 47 | ||||
| John Scollay, 30 Dec. 1780, ch. 18, no. 14 | ||||
| James Warren, 4 Nov. 1775, ch. 18, no. 6 | ||||
| Noah Webster, 30 Apr. 1784, ch. 2, no. 11 | ||||
| Rights of the Colonists, 20 Nov. 1772, Amend. I (religion), no. 15; Amend. IX, no. 3 | ||||
![]() | Agrippa | |||
| no. 4, 3 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 21 | ||||
| no. 9, 28 Dec. 1787, 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Albany Plan of Union, 10 July 1754, ch. 7, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Albemarle County Instructions concerning the Virginia Constitution, Fall 1776, Amend. I (speech), no. 7 | |||
![]() | Ames, Fisher, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, ch. 13, no. 28 | |||
![]() | Annapolis Convention, 11--14 Sept. 1786, ch. 6, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Articles of Confederation, 1 Mar. 1781, ch. 1, no. 7 | |||
| Proposed Amendment to, 28 Mar. 1785, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 2 | ||||
![]() | Assize of Clarendon, 1166, Amends. V--VI, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Atherton, Joshua, New Hampshire Ratifying Convention, 1.9.1, no. 9 | |||
![]() | Attorney General, Opinions of | |||
| Berrien, John Macpherson, 2.2.1, no. 28; 2.2.2--3, no. 57 | ||||
| Breckenridge, John, 6.2, no. 29 | ||||
| Butler, Benjamin F., 1.5, no. 22 | ||||
| Lee, Charles, 1.8.11, no. 9 | ||||
| Lincoln, Levi, 1.8.8, no. 10; 4.3.2, no. 2 | ||||
| Wirt, William, 1.6.2, no. 9; 1.8.16, no. 17; 1.8.17, no. 20; 2.2.1, no. 15; 2.2.1, no. 16; 2.2.1, no. 26; 4.2.1, no. 16 | ||||
![]() | Backus, Isaac, History of New England, 1774--75, Amend. I (religion), no. 21 | |||
![]() | Baldwin, Abraham, House of Representatives, 15 Jan. 1799, 1.8.4 (bankruptcy), no. 2 | |||
![]() | Bayard, James A., Letter to Alexander Hamilton, 8 Mar. 1801, Amend. XII, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Statement of the Representatives of, 17 Nov. 1778, ch. 2, no. 9 | |||
![]() | Berrien, John Macpherson, Opinions of Attorney General, 2.2.1, no. 28; 2.2.2--3, no. 57 | |||
![]() | Beverly, Massachusetts, Return of, 1 June 1778, ch. 14, no. 17 | |||
![]() | Bill of Rights, 16 Dec. 1689, ch. 14, no. 6; Bill of Rights, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Blackstone, William, Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765--69, ch. 3, no. 3; ch. 10, no. 6; ch. 16, no. 5.See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | |||
![]() | Blair, John, Letter to James Madison, 21 June 1784, Amend. I (religion), no. 41 | |||
![]() | Blount, William, Richard D. Spaight, and Hugh Williamson, Letter to Gov. Caswell, 18 Sept. 1787, 1.9.4, no. 4 | |||
![]() | Boston, Instructions of the Inhabitants of, to Their Representatives in Congress, 1776, ch. 10, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Brackenridge, Hugh, Pennsylvania House of Assembly, 28 Sept. 1787, ch. 6, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Bradford, William, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1623, ch. 16, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Bradford, William, Letter to James Madison, 4 Mar. 1774, Amend. I (religion), no. 17 | |||
![]() | Braxton, Carter, Address to the Convention of . . . Virginia, May 1776, ch. 18, no. 10 | |||
![]() | Breckenridge, John, Opinion of Attorney General, 6.2, no. 29 | |||
![]() | Brutus | |||
| no. 1, 18 Oct. 1787, ch. 4, no. 14; ch. 8, no. 13; 1.8.18, no. 4 | ||||
| no. 2, 1 Nov. 1787, ch. 14, no. 26 | ||||
| no. 3, 15 Nov. 1787, 1.2.3, no. 5 | ||||
| no. 4, 29 Nov. 1787, 1.4.1, no. 5; 1.8.15, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 5, 13 Dec. 1787, 1.8.1, no. 7 | ||||
| no. 6, 27 Dec. 1787, 1.8.1, no. 8 | ||||
| no. 7, 3 Jan. 1788, ch. 8, no. 26; 1.8.1, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 8, 10 Jan. 1788, 1.8.2, no. 4; 1.8.12, no. 20 | ||||
| no. 9, 17 Jan. 1788, 1.8.12, no. 21 | ||||
| no. 10, 24 Jan. 1788, 1.8.12, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 11, 31 Jan. 1788, ch. 8, no. 31; 3.2.1, no. 19 no. 12, 7--14 Feb. 1788, Preamble, no. 12; 3.2.1, no. 20 | ||||
| no. 13, 21 Feb. 1788, 3.2.1, no. 21 | ||||
| no. 14, 28 Feb.--6 Mar. 1788, 3.2.2, no. 2 | ||||
| no. 15, 20 Mar. 1788, ch. 8, no. 34; 1.2.5, no. 11; 3.1, no. 10; 3.2.1, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 16, 10 Apr. 1788, 1.3.1--2, no. 13 | ||||
![]() | Burgh, James, Political Disquisitions, 1774--75, ch. 2, no. 6; ch. 13, no. 8; ch. 17, no. 15; 1.8.12, no. 4; Amend. I (speech), no. 5 | |||
![]() | Burke, Edmund | |||
| Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, 1777, 1.7.2--3, no. 3 | ||||
| Speech to the Electors of Bristol, 3 Nov. 1774, ch. 13, no. 7 | ||||
| Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies, 22 Mar. 1775, ch. 1, no. 2; Amend. I (religion), no. 23 | ||||
| Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents, 1770, ch. 13, no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Burke, Thomas, Abstract of Debates in Congress, 25 Feb. 1777, ch. 14, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Butler, Benjamin F., Opinion of Attorney General, 1.5, no. 22 | |||
![]() | Butler Pierce, South Carolina Legislature, 16 Jan. 1788, 1.8.11, no. 5 | |||
![]() | Caesar, no. 2, 17 Oct. 1787, ch. 2, no. 13 | |||
![]() | Calvin, John, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1536, Amend. I (religion), no. 1 | |||
![]() | Carrington, Edward, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 9 June 1787, ch. 5, no. 19; ch. 8, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Cato | |||
| no. 2, 10 Dec. 1787, 1.9.8, no. 7 | ||||
| no. 3, Fall 1787, ch. 4, no. 16 | ||||
| no. 4, 8 Nov. 1787, 2.1.1, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 5, Fall 1787, 1.2.1, no. 10; 1.2.3, no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Cato's Letters. See Gordon, Thomas; Trenchard, John | |||
![]() | Centinel | |||
| no. 1, 5 Oct. 1787, ch. 11, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 2, Oct. 1787, ch. 10, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 5, Fall 1787, 1.8.18, no. 1 | ||||
| no. 6, 22 Dec. 1787, ch. 5, no. 24 | ||||
| no. 11, 12 Jan. 1788, ch. 7, no. 18 | ||||
![]() | Chase, Samuel, Letter to John Lamb, 13 June 1788, ch. 14, no. 41 | |||
![]() | Chipman, Nathaniel, Sketches of the Principles of Government, 1793, ch. 10, no. 18; ch. 15, no. 51 | |||
![]() | Christian Conviction, Proposal for Reviving, 11 Oct. 1787, ch. 18, no. 19 | |||
![]() | Cincinnatus | |||
| no. 1, 1 Nov. 1787, 3.2.3, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 2, 8 Nov. 1787, 3.2.3, no. 10; Amend. I (speech), no. 9 | ||||
![]() | Citizen of New Jersey, Pennsylvania Evening Post, 30 July 1776, ch. 15, no. 19 | |||
![]() | Clinton, George, New York Ratifying Convention, ch. 8, no. 39 | |||
![]() | Coke, Sir Edward | |||
| Second Institute, 1641, Amend. V (due process), no. 4 | ||||
| Third Institute, 1641, 3.3.1--2, no. 2; Amend. V (due process), no. 5 | ||||
![]() | Concessions and Agreements. See West New-Jersey | |||
![]() | Concord, Massachusetts, Town Meeting Resolutions, 21 Oct. 1776, ch. 17, no. 18 | |||
![]() | Congress, Amendments Agreed to and Proposed to the States, 25 Sept. 1789, ch. 14, no. 56 | |||
![]() | Connecticut | |||
| Acts and Laws, 1702, 3.3.1--2, no. 5 | ||||
| Constitutional Ordinance of 1776, 4.2.1, no. 1; Amends. V--VI, no. 17; Amend. VIII, no. 6 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention. See Ellsworth, Oliver; Wolcott, Oliver | ||||
![]() | Consider Arms, Malichi Maynard, and Samuel Field, Reasons for Dissent, 16 Apr. 1788, 1.9.1, no. 13 | |||
![]() | Constitution of the United States and the First Twelve Amendments, 1787--1804, ch. 1, no. 9 | |||
| Act of Continental Congress Putting into Effect, 13 Sept. 1788, 7, no. 15 | ||||
| Amendments, 1791--1804, Bill of Rights, no. 13 | ||||
| Proposed Amendments and Ratification, Bill of Rights, no. 12 | ||||
![]() | Contempts of Court | |||
| Act concerning, 5 Laws of Pa. 55, 1809, 3.1, no. 29 | ||||
| Act Declaratory of the Law concerning, 4 Stat. 487, 1831, 3.1, no. 36 | ||||
![]() | Continental Congress | |||
| Oct. 1780, 4.3.1, no. 1 | ||||
| Apr. 1781, 1.8.11, no. 3 | ||||
| 15 Feb. 1786, 1.8.1, no. 1 | ||||
| 21 Feb. 1787, ch. 6, no. 6 | ||||
| 21 Mar. 1787, 6.2, no. 2 | ||||
| 26--28 Sept. 1787, ch. 6, no. 12 | ||||
| "Committee on Spies" (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Rutledge, and Robert Livingston), 5 June 1776, 3.3.1--2, no. 9 | ||||
| Constitution Put into Effect, 13 Sept. 1788, 7, no. 15 | ||||
| Declaration and Resolves, 14 Oct. 1774, ch. 1, no. 1; Amend. IX, no. 4 | ||||
| Letter to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec, 26 Oct. 1774, ch. 14, no. 12; Amend. I (religion), no. 20 | ||||
| Letter to the People of Great Britain, 21 Oct. 1774, Amend. I (religion), no. 19 | ||||
| Letter Transmitting Proposed Articles of Confederation, 17 Nov. 1777, ch. 7, no. 4 | ||||
| Report on Proposed Amendments, 7 Aug. 1786, ch. 5, no. 12 | ||||
| Resolution of, 21 Feb. 1787, 7, no. 1 | ||||
| Taxation and Representation, 12 July 1776, 1.2.3, no. 1 | ||||
![]() | Cornelius | |||
| 11--18 Dec. 1787, 1.6.1, no. 10 | ||||
| 18 Dec. 1787, 1.4.1, no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Corporations, An Act for the Well-governing and Regulating of, 13 Chas. 2, st. 2, 1661, 6.3, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Countryman, 13 Dec. 1787, 1.9.1, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Courts, Organization of the, An Act to Repeal Certain Acts respecting the, 2 Stat. 132, 1802, 3.1, no. 24 | |||
![]() | Courts, State, An Act to Vest More Effectually in the, . . . Jurisdiction in the Cases Therein Mentioned, 3 Stat. 244, 1815, 3.2.1, no. 61 | |||
![]() | Coxe, Tench | |||
| An Examination of the Constitution, Fall 1787, 1.9.1, no. 4; 4.4, no. 4; 6.3, no. 12 | ||||
| Letter to Virginia Commissioners, 13 Sept. 1786, 1.10.2, no. 2 | ||||
| Notes concerning the United States of America, 1790, Amend. I (religion), no. 55 | ||||
![]() | Cranch, William, Preface, 1804, 3.1, no. 28 | |||
![]() | Crimes, An Act for the Punishment of Certain, 1 Stat. 112, 1790, 3.3.1--2, no. 18 | |||
![]() | Davie, William R., North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 1.1, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Davies, Thomas, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1.9.4, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776, ch. 1, no. 5; Bill of Rights, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Delaware | |||
| Charter of 1701, 1.2.1, no. 1; Amend. I (religion), no. 11; Amends. V--VI, no. 6 | ||||
| Constitution of 1776, 1.2.5, no. 3; 1.7.1, no. 5; 6.3, no. 2 | ||||
| Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, 11 Sept. 1776, 1.8.15, no. 3; 1.9.3, no. 3; 2.3, no. 3; 3.1, no. 3; Bill of Rights, no. 4; Amend. I (religion), no. 26; Amend. III, no. 6; Amends. V--VI, no. 19; Amend. V (due process), no. 11; Amend. VIII, no. 7 | ||||
| Delegates to the Federal Convention, Credentials of, 1.3.1--2, no. 2 | ||||
![]() | Democratic Federalist, 17 Oct. 1787, ch. 14, no. 25; 1.8.12, no. 11; 3.2.3, no. 8; Amend. VII, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Democratic Federalist, 26 Nov. 1787, 1.3.1--2, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Democraticus, Loose Thoughts on Government, 7 June 1776, ch. 15, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Duncombe, Giles, Tryals per Pais, 1665, Amend. VII, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Eddis, William, Letters from America, 20 Sept. 1770, 17 Feb. 1772, ch. 15, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Ellsworth, Oliver | |||
| Connecticut Ratifying Convention, 1.8.1, no. 15; 3.2.1, no. 13 | ||||
| Landholder, no. 3, 19 Nov. 1787, ch. 9, no. 3 | ||||
| Landholder, no. 6, 10 Dec. 1787, 1.9.3, no. 9 | ||||
| Landholder, no. 7, 17 Dec. 1787, 6.3, no. 14 | ||||
![]() | Essex, Massachusetts, Result, 29 Apr. 1778, ch. 4, no. 8; ch. 12, no. 10; ch. 13, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Eustis, William, House of Representatives, 4.2.1, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Fairfax County, Virginia, Resolves, 18 July 1774, ch. 17, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Farmer, On the Present State of Affairs in America, 5 Nov. 1776, ch. 11, no. 9 | |||
![]() | Federal Convention. See also New Jersey Plan; Virginia Plan | |||
| Records of the, ch. 4, no. 12; ch. 6, no. 10; ch. 7, no. 8; ch. 10, no. 10; ch. 12, no. 18; ch. 14, no. 20; ch. 15, no. 35; ch. 16, no. 16. See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | ||||
| Resolution and Letter to the Continental Congress, 17 Sept. 1787, ch. 6, no. 11 | ||||
![]() | Federal Farmer | |||
| no. 1, 8 Oct. 1787, ch. 8, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 2, 9 Oct. 1787, ch. 13, no. 20; 3.2.3, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 3, 10 Oct. 1787, 1.4.1, no. 2; 1.8.1, no. 4; 1.8.12, no. 10; 3.2.1, no. 8; 3.2.3, no. 7 | ||||
| no. 4, 12 Oct. 1787, ch. 14, no. 24; 1.8.18, no. 3; 5, no. 5; 6.2, no. 9; Amend. VII, no. 7 | ||||
| no. 6, 25 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 25; ch. 14, no. 31 | ||||
| no. 7, 31 Dec. 1787, ch. 13, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 8, 3 Jan. 1788, ch. 13, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 9, 4 Jan. 1788, ch. 13, no. 24 | ||||
| no. 11, 10 Jan. 1788, ch. 2, no. 16; ch. 11, no. 12; 2.2.2--3, no. 5 | ||||
| no. 12, 12 Jan. 1788, 1.4.1, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 13, 14 Jan. 1788, 1.6.2, no. 4 | ||||
| no. 14, 17 Jan. 1788, 1.7.2--3, no. 7; 2.1.1, no. 10; 2.1.6, no. 2; 2.2.2--3, no. 38 | ||||
| no. 15, 18 Jan. 1788, 3.1, no. 9; 3.2.1, no. 15; 3.2.2, no. 1; 3.2.3, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 16, 20 Jan. 1788, ch. 14, no. 32; Amend. I (speech), no. 11; Amend. III, no. 7; Amend. VII, no. 11; Amend. IX, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 17, 23 Jan. 1788, ch. 5, no. 25; ch. 8, no. 28 | ||||
| no. 18, 25 Jan. 1788, ch. 4, no. 25; 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 6; 1.8.12, no. 24; 1.8.15, no. 11; 1.8.17, no. 5; 3.2.1, no. 16; 7, no. 11 | ||||
![]() | Federalist, The. See subentries under Hamilton, Alexander; Jay, John; Madison, James | |||
![]() | Federal Republican, Review of the Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention, 28 Oct. 1787, 1.2.3, no. 4; 1.9.1, no. 5 | |||
![]() | Findley, William | |||
| Pennsylvania House of Assembly, 28 Sept. 1787, ch. 6, no. 13 | ||||
| Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, ch. 8, no. 17 | ||||
![]() | Foster, Sir Michael, Discourse on High Treason, 1762, 3.3.1--2, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, 1776, ch. 17, no. 19 | |||
![]() | Franklin, Benjamin | |||
| Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz., The Court of the Press, 12 Sept. 1789, Amend. I (speech), no. 16 | ||||
| Federal Convention, 17 Sept. 1787, 7, no. 3 | ||||
| Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser, 2 May 1765, Amend. III, no. 1 | ||||
| Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, Sept. 1782, ch. 15, no. 27 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Sarah Bache, 26 Jan. 1784, 1.9.8, no. 4 | ||||
| Robert Morris, 25 Dec. 1783, ch. 16, no. 12 | ||||
| Richard Price, 9 Oct. 1780, 6.3, no. 5 | ||||
| John Waring, 17 Dec. 1763, ch. 15, no. 5 | ||||
| London Packet, 3 June 1772, Amend. I (religion), no. 14 | ||||
| Queries and Remarks respecting Alterations in the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1789, ch. 12, no. 25 | ||||
| Reasons and Motives for the Albany Plan of Union, July 1754, ch. 7, no. 2 | ||||
![]() | Franklin, William Temple, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 27 Apr. 1790, 1.9.8, no. 11 | |||
![]() | Free Inhabitants' Petition. See Lunenberg County | |||
![]() | Freeman, Maryland Gazette, 30 Dec. 1790, ch. 15, no. 47 | |||
![]() | Freeman to the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania, no. 1, 23 Jan. 1788, ch. 7, no. 20 | |||
![]() | Fugitives from Justice, An Act respecting, and Persons Escaping from the Service of Their Masters, 1 Stat. 302, 1793, 4.2.3, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Galloway, Joseph, Plan of Union, 28 Sept. 1774, ch. 7, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Georgia Constitution of 1777, 1.2.1, no. 6; 2.2.1, no. 18; Amends. V--VI, no. 20; Amend. VII, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Georgian, 15 Nov. 1787, 1.6.1, no. 9; 2.2.1, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Gerry, Elbridge, House of Representatives, 25 Feb. 1790, 6.1, no. 4 | |||
![]() | Gordon, Thomas, Cato's Letters | |||
| no. 38, 22 July 1721, ch. 2, no. 2 | ||||
| no. 45, 16 Sept. 1721, ch. 15, no. 3 | ||||
![]() | Habeas Corpus, Opinion on the Writ of, 1758, 1.9.2, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Habeas Corpus Act, 31 Chas. 2, c. 2, 27 May 1679, 1.9.2, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Hale, Sir Matthew | |||
| History of the Common Law, 1713, 1.8.16, no. 1; Amends. V--VI, no. 7 | ||||
| History of the Pleas of the Crown, 1736, 3.3.1--2, no. 6; Amends. V--VI, no. 9 | ||||
![]() | Hamilton, Alexander | |||
| Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, Draft of a Resolution for, for the Legislature of New York, 29 Jan. 1802, Amend. XII, no. 3 | ||||
| Bank, Opinion on the Constitutionality of, 23 Feb. 1791, 1.8.18, no. 11 | ||||
| Continentalist | ||||
| no. 5, 18 Apr. 1782, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 1 | ||||
| no. 6, 4 July 1782, ch. 18, no. 15 | ||||
| Elections, Remarks on an Act for Regulating, 6 Feb. 1787, Amend. V (due process), no. 13 | ||||
| Examination | ||||
| no. 1, 17 Dec. 1801, 1.8.11, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 6, 2 Jan. 1802, 3.1, no. 20 | ||||
| no. 12, 23 Feb. 1802, 3.1, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 13, 27 Feb. 1802, 3.1, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 16, 19 Mar. 1802, 3.1, no. 25 | ||||
| Farmer Refuted, The, 23 Feb. 1775, ch. 3, no. 5; ch. 17, no. 16 | ||||
| Federal Convention, 18 June 1787, ch. 8, no. 10; ch. 13, no. 19 | ||||
| Federalist | ||||
| no. 1, 27 Oct. 1787, ch. 7, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 6, 14 Nov. 1787, ch. 7, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 7, 17 Nov. 1787, ch. 7, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 8, 20 Nov. 1787, 1.8.12, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 9, 21 Nov. 1787, ch. 4, no. 18; ch. 8, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 11, 24 Nov. 1787, ch. 7, no. 13 | ||||
| no. 12, 27 Nov. 1787, ch. 7, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 15, 1 Dec. 1787, ch. 5, no. 21 | ||||
| no. 16, 4 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 17, 5 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 21, 12 Dec. 1787, ch. 5, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 22, 14 Dec. 1787, ch. 5, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 23, 18 Dec. 1787, ch. 9, no. 5; 1.8.12, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 24, 19 Dec. 1787, 1.8.12, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 25, 21 Dec. 1787, 1.8.12, no. 16 | ||||
| no. 26, 22 Dec. 1787, 1.8.12, no. 17 | ||||
| no. 27, 25 Dec. 1787, ch. 8, no. 24; 6.2, no. 13; 6.3, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 28, 26 Dec. 1787, ch. 3, no. 9; 1.8.12, no. 18 | ||||
| no. 29, 9 Jan. 1788, 1.8.15, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 30, 28 Dec. 1787, ch. 9, no. 7; 1.8.1, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 31, 1 Jan. 1788, ch. 9, no. 8; 1.8.1, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 32, 2 Jan. 1788, 1.10.2, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 33, 2 Jan. 1788, 1.8.18, no. 6; 6.2, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 34, 5 Jan. 1788, 1.8.1, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 35, 5 Jan. 1788, ch. 13, no. 25; 1.8.1, no. 13 | ||||
| no. 36, 8 Jan. 1788, ch. 13, no. 26; 1.2.3, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 59, 22 Feb. 1788, 1.4.1, no. 13 | ||||
| no. 60, 23 Feb. 1788, 1.4.1, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 61, 26 Feb. 1788, 1.4.1, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 65, 7 Mar. 1788, 1.2.5, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 66, 8 Mar. 1788, 1.2.5, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 67, 11 Mar. 1788, 2.1.1, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 68, 12 Mar. 1788, 2.1.2--3, no. 3 | ||||
| no. 69, 14 Mar. 1788, 1.7.2--3, no. 8 | ||||
| no. 70, 15 Mar. 1788, ch. 9, no. 10; 2.1.1, no. 13 | ||||
| no. 71, 18 Mar. 1788, ch. 2, no. 21; ch. 10, no. 17; 2.1.1, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 72, 19 Mar. 1788, 2.1.1, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 73, 21 Mar. 1788, 1.7.2--3, no. 9; 2.1.7, no. 3 | ||||
| no. 74, 25 Mar. 1788, 2.2.1, no. 5 2.2.1, no. 20 | ||||
| no. 75, 26 Mar. 1788, 2.2.2--3, no. 9 | ||||
| no. 76, 1 Apr. 1788, 2.2.2--3, no. 39 | ||||
| no. 77, 2 Apr. 1788, 2.2.2--3, no. 40 | ||||
| no. 78, 28 May 1788, ch. 2, no. 22; ch. 17, no. 24; 3.1, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 79, 28 May 1788, 3.1, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 80, 28 May 1788, 3.2.1, no. 23 | ||||
| no. 81, 28 May 1788, 3.2.1, no. 24 | ||||
| no. 82, 28 May 1788, 3.2.1, no. 25 | ||||
| no. 83, 28 May 1788, 3.2.3, no. 17; Amend. VII, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 84, 28 May 1788, ch. 14, no. 38; Preamble, no. 13; Bill of Rights, no. 7 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Edward Carrington, 26 May 1792, 6.1, no. 5 | ||||
| George Clinton, 13 Feb. 1778, ch. 5, no. 1 | ||||
| James Duane, 3 Sept. 1780, ch. 5, no. 2 | ||||
| John Jay, 14 Mar. 1779, ch. 15, no. 24 | ||||
| Gouverneur Morris, 4 Mar. 1802, Amend. XII, no. 4 | ||||
| William Loughton Smith, 10 Mar. 1796, ch. 10, no. 20 | ||||
| George Washington | ||||
| 5 May 1789, ch. 15, no. 40 | ||||
| 7 Mar. 1796, ch. 10, no. 19 | ||||
| James Wilson, 25 Jan. 1789, 2.1.2--3, no. 5 | ||||
| Military Peace Establishment, Continental Congress Report on, 18 June 1783, 1.8.12, no. 7 | ||||
| New York Ratifying Convention, ch. 12, no. 24; ch. 13, no. 38; 1.1, no. 5 | ||||
| Pacificus, no. 1, 29 June 1793, 2.2.2--3, no. 14 | ||||
| Phocion | ||||
| Letter from, 1--27 Jan. 1784, 1.9.3, no. 5 | ||||
| Second Letter from, Apr. 1784, ch. 17, no. 21; 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 3; 1.9.3, no. 6 | ||||
| Report on Manufactures, 5 Dec. 1791, ch. 4, no. 31; ch. 7, no. 23; 1.8.1, no. 21; 1.8.8, no. 9; Amend. I (religion), no. 56 | ||||
| Report on Public Credit, 9 Jan. 1790, 1.8.2, no. 5 | ||||
| Treaty of Peace, Remarks on Act Repealing Laws Inconsistent with, 17 Apr. 1787, 6.2, no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Hanson, Alexander Contee, Aristides, Remarks on the Proposed Plan of a Federal Government, 1788, ch. 14, no. 34 | |||
![]() | Harrington, James, Commonwealth of Oceana, 1656, ch. 11, no. 2; ch. 15, no. 2; ch. 18, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Hawkins, William, Pleas of the Crown, 1721, Amends. V--VI, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Hawley, Joseph, Letters to Elbridge Gerry | |||
| 18 Feb. 1776, Amend. III, no. 4 | ||||
| 17 July 1776, 3.3.1--2, no. 10 | ||||
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| Letter to Robert Pleasants, 18 Jan. 1773, ch. 15, no. 7 | ||||
| Religious Tolerance, 1766, Amend. I (religion), no. 13 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 8, no. 38; ch. 11, no. 13; ch. 12, no. 23; ch. 14, no. 39; Preamble, no. 14; 1.8.16, no. 10; Amend. I (religion), no. 50 | ||||
![]() | Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives, 1.6.2, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Holmes, Abraham, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, Amend. VII, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Hooper, William, to the Congress of the State of North Carolina, 26 Oct. 1776, ch. 12, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Hopkinson, Francis, Letter to John Jay, 11 Mar. 1786, ch. 12, no. 12 | |||
![]() | House of Commons, Resolution of, 1669, Amend. I (petition), no. 5 | |||
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| Amendment to Art. 1, sec. 4, cl. 1, 21 Aug. 1789, 1.4.1, no. 20 to Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 1, 22 Aug. 1789, 1.8.1, no. 19 | ||||
| Amendments | ||||
| Report of the Select Committee on, 28 July 1789, ch. 14, no. 51 | ||||
| to the Constitution, ch. 13, no. 39; ch. 14, no. 52; ch. 14, no. 54; Preamble, no. 17; Bill of Rights, no. 11; Amend. I (religion), no. 53; Amend. I (speech), no. 14; Amend. I (petition), no. 17; Amend. II, no. 6; Amend. III, no. 9; Amend. IV, no. 13; Amends. V--VI, no. 24; Amend. VIII, no. 14; Amend. IX, no. 8; Amend. X, no. 6; Amend. XII, no. 1 | ||||
| Army Regulations, Jan. 1806, 1.8.14, no. 2 | ||||
| Bankrupt Bill, Feb. 1822, 1.8.4 (bankruptcy), no. 11 | ||||
| Breach of Privilege, Feb. 1798, 1.5, no. 18 | ||||
| Compensation of President, 16 July 1789, 2.1.7, no. 4 | ||||
| Contested Election, 22 May 1789, 1.5, no. 13 | ||||
| Evidence in, 6 Dec. 1797, 1.5, no. 17 | ||||
| Maryland Contested Election, Nov. 1807, 1.2.2, no. 8 | ||||
| Duties, 15 May 1789, 1.7.1, no. 11 | ||||
| Fugitives from Justice, 30 Jan. 1818, 4.2.3, no. 10 | ||||
| Habeas Corpus, Suspension of, 26 Jan. 1807, 1.9.2, no. 13 | ||||
| Judges, Removal of, 31 Jan. 1811, 3.1, no. 31 | ||||
| Judiciary, Aug. 1789, 3.1, no. 13 | ||||
| Judiciary Bill, 7 Jan. 1801, 3.2.1, no. 46 | ||||
| Militia, Dec. 1790, 1.8.15, no. 14 | ||||
| Naturalization, Rule of, 3--4 Feb. 1790, 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 8 | ||||
| Naturalization Bill, Dec. 1794, Jan. 1795, 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 12 | ||||
| Plurality of Offices, Mar.--Apr. 1806, 1.6.2, no. 6 | ||||
| Post Office Bill, Dec. 1791, 1.8.7, no. 3 | ||||
| Representative from Maryland, 22--23 Nov. 1791, 1.2.4, no. 2 | ||||
| Returned Bill, Feb. 1811, Amend. I (religion), no. 61 | ||||
| Salaries, Reduction of, 27 Jan. 1795, 1.6.1, no. 17 | ||||
| Savannah, Relief to, 28 Dec. 1796, 1.8.1, no. 23 | ||||
| Secretary of the Treasury, Official Conduct of, Feb.--Mar. 1793, 1.9.7, no. 2 | ||||
| Slave Trade, 23 Mar. 1790, 1.9.1, no. 17 | ||||
| Tax on Carriages, 29 May 1794, 1.9.4, no. 12 | ||||
| Trade, Protection of, 22 June 1797, 2.2.1, no. 8 | ||||
| Treasury Department, 29 June 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 42 | ||||
![]() | Hume, David | |||
| Of Commerce, 1752, ch. 4, no. 3 | ||||
| Of the Independence of Parliament, 1742, ch. 11, no. 4 | ||||
| Of the Liberty of the Press, 1742, Amend. I (speech), no. 2 | ||||
| Of the Original Contract, 1752, ch. 2, no. 4 | ||||
| That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science, 1742, ch. 11, no. 3 | ||||
![]() | Humphreys, David, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 29 Nov. 1788, ch. 5, no. 28 | |||
![]() | Impartial Examiner | |||
| no. 1, 20 Feb. 1788, ch. 17, no. 23; 6.2, no. 17 | ||||
| no. 1, 5 Mar. 1788, ch. 8, no. 33 | ||||
| no. 2, 28 May 1788, ch. 8, no. 36 | ||||
| no. 4, 11 June 1788, 1.7.2--3, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 5, 18 June 1788, ch. 5, no. 27 | ||||
![]() | Iredell, James | |||
| Charge to the Grand Jury, in Case of Fries, 1799, 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 14; Amend. I (speech), no. 22 | ||||
| Marcus, Answers to Mr. Mason's Objections to the New Constitution, 1788, ch. 14, no. 36; 1.8.12, no. 19; 1.9.3, no. 10; 2.1.1, no. 9; 2.2.2--3, no. 4; 3.2.1, no. 17; 3.2.3, no. 13; Amend. VII, no. 10; Amend. VIII, no. 11 | ||||
| North Carolina Ratifying Convention, ch. 14, no. 45; 1.1, no. 7; 1.7.2--3, no. 11; 2.2.1, no. 13; 2.2.1, no. 22; 3.2.2, no. 4; 4.2.3, no. 5 | ||||
| Proposed Amendment, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 1.4.1, no. 19; 1.8.16, no. 12; 1.9.6, no. 4; Amend. X, no. 5 | ||||
![]() | Jackson, Andrew, Veto Message, 10 July 1832, 1.8.18, no. 20 | |||
![]() | James II, Instructions to Gov. Thomas Dongan, 1682, Amend. I (religion), no. 8 | |||
![]() | Jay, John | |||
| Address to the People of the State of New York, Spring 1788, ch. 7, no. 22 | ||||
| Continental Congress, 13 Apr. 1787, 6.2, no. 3 | ||||
| Draft of Letter from Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 15 Sept. 1790, 3.1, no. 14 | ||||
| Federalist | ||||
| no. 4, 7 Nov. 1787, 1.8.13, no. 2 | ||||
| no. 64, 5 Mar. 1788, 2.2.2--3, no. 8 | ||||
| Freeholder, A Hint to the Legislature of the State of New York, Winter 1778, Amend. V (due process), no. 12 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| John Adams, 2 Jan. 1801, 3.1, no. 18 | ||||
| Elias Boudinot, 17 Nov. 1819, 1.9.1, no. 19 | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson, 27 Oct. 1786, ch. 5, no. 13 | ||||
| President of the [English] Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, June 1788, ch. 15, no. 39 | ||||
| Richard Price, 27 Sept. 1785, ch. 15, no. 31 | ||||
| George Washington | ||||
| 7 Jan. 1787, ch. 5, no. 15; ch. 6, no. 4 | ||||
| 21 Sept. 1788, 1.8.7, no. 2 | ||||
| 13 Nov. 1790, 1.8.5, no. 8 | ||||
| 20 July 1793, 3.2.1, no. 33 | ||||
| 8 Aug. 1793, 3.2.1, no. 34 | ||||
| Reorganization of Supreme Court, 1792, 3.1, no. 16 | ||||
![]() | Jefferson, Thomas | |||
| Adequate Allowance, Bill for Giving the Members of the General Assembly an, 12 Dec. 1778, 1.6.1, no. 4 | ||||
| Alien and Sedition Acts, Resolutions Relative to, 10 Nov. 1798, ch. 8, no. 41 | ||||
| Anas, The, Nov. 1793, 1.8.11, no. 7 | ||||
| Attaint Josiah Phillips, Bill to, 28 May 1778, 1.9.3, no. 4 | ||||
| Autobiography, 1821, ch. 4, no. 7; ch. 8, no. 44; ch. 15, no. 20; Amend. I (religion), no. 45 | ||||
| Citizens of This Commonwealth, Bill Declaring Who Shall Be Deemed, May 1779, 4.2.1, no. 4 | ||||
| Coinage, Propositions respecting, 13 May 1785, 1.8.5, no. 5 | ||||
| Congress, Instructions in the Virginia Convention to the Delegates to, Aug. 1774, Amend. I (petition), no. 12 | ||||
| Congress, Notes on Debates in | ||||
| 2--4 July 1776, ch. 15, no. 18 | ||||
| 30 July--1 Aug. 1776, ch. 12, no. 5 | ||||
| Continental Congress, 1775, 3.2.1, no. 4 | ||||
| Crimes and Punishments, Bill for Proportioning, 1778, Amend. VIII, no. 10 | ||||
| Demeunier's First Queries, Answers to, 24 Jan. 1786, ch. 9, no. 1 | ||||
| Diplomatic Appointments, Opinion on Powers of the Senate respecting, 24 Apr. 1790, 2.2.2--3, no. 48 | ||||
| Exempting Dissenters from Contributing to the Support of the Church, Draft of Bill for, 30 Nov. 1776, Amend. I (religion), no. 32 | ||||
| First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801, ch. 4, no. 33; Amend. I (speech), no. 26 | ||||
| Hamilton, Alexander, Notes of a Conversation with, 13 Aug. 1791, ch. 15, no. 49 | ||||
| Importation of Slaves, Bill to Prevent, 16 June 1777, 1.9.1, no. 1 | ||||
| Knowledge, Preamble to a Bill for the More General Diffusion of, Fall 1778, ch. 18, no. 11 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| John Adams | ||||
| 28 Oct. 1813, ch. 15, no. 61; 1.9.8, no. 13 | ||||
| 5 July 1814, ch. 18, no. 32 | ||||
| Abb[eacute] Arnoux, 19 July 1789, Amend. VII, no. 13 | ||||
| Joseph C. Cabell | ||||
| 31 Jan. 1814, 1.2.2, no. 9 | ||||
| 2 Feb. 1816, ch. 4, no. 34 | ||||
| Edward Carrington | ||||
| 16 Jan. 1787, Amend. I (speech), no. 8 | ||||
| 4 Aug. 1787, ch. 5, no. 20 | ||||
| John B. Colvin, 20 Sept. 1810, 2.3, no. 8 | ||||
| Danbury Baptist Association, 1 Jan. 1802, Amend. I (religion), no. 58 | ||||
| Alexander Donald, 7 Feb. 1788, 2.1.1, no. 11; 7, no. 12 | ||||
| William Dunbar, 17 July 1803, 2.2.2--3, no. 26 | ||||
| William Temple Franklin, 20 Apr. 1790, 1.9.8, no. 10 | ||||
| Albert Gallatin | ||||
| 13 Oct. 1802, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 10 | ||||
| 16 June 1817, 1.8.1, no. 25; Amend. I (religion), no. 65 | ||||
| Edmond Charles Genet, 22 Nov. 1793, 2.2.2--3, no. 16 | ||||
| L. H. Girardin, 12 Mar. 1815, 1.9.3, no. 13 | ||||
| George Hay | ||||
| 12 June 1807, 2.1.1, no. 20 | ||||
| 17 June 1807, 2.1.1, no. 21 | ||||
| 20 June 1807, 2.1.1, no. 22 | ||||
| John Holmes, 22 Apr. 1820, ch. 15, no. 66 | ||||
| John Jay, 18 July 1793, 3.2.1, no. 32 | ||||
| William Johnson, 12 June 1823, ch. 15, no. 67 | ||||
| Walter Jones, 5 Mar. 1810, 2.2.1, no. 14 | ||||
| Marquis de Lafayette, 14 Feb. 1815, ch. 2, no. 27 | ||||
| Isaac McPherson, 13 Aug. 1813, ch. 16, no. 25; 1.8.8, no. 12 | ||||
| James Madison | ||||
| 28 Oct. 1785, ch. 15, no. 32 | ||||
| 16 Dec. 1786, ch. 8, no. 5 | ||||
| 20 June 1787, ch. 8, no. 11 | ||||
| 20 Dec. 1787, ch. 14, no. 30; ch. 18, no. 21 | ||||
| 31 July 1788, ch. 14, no. 46 | ||||
| 15 Mar. 1789, ch. 14, no. 49 | ||||
| 28 Aug. 1789, Amend. I (speech), no. 15 | ||||
| 6 Sept. 1789, ch. 2, no. 23 | ||||
| 6 Mar. 1796, 1.8.7, no. 4 | ||||
| 14 July 1804, 2.2.2--3, no. 28 | ||||
| Rev. Samuel Miller, 23 Jan. 1808, Amend. I (religion), no. 60 | ||||
| Joseph Milligan, 6 Apr. 1816, ch. 15, no. 64 | ||||
| Wilson Cary Nicholas, 7 Sept. 1803, 2.2.2--3, no. 27 | ||||
| John Norvell, 14 June 1807, Amend. I (speech), no. 29 | ||||
| Edmund Pendleton, 26 Aug. 1776, ch. 2, no. 7; Amend. VIII, no. 9 | ||||
| David Rittenhouse, 19 July 1778, ch. 15, no. 23 | ||||
| Spencer Roane, 6 Sept. 1819, 1.8.18, no. 16 | ||||
| W. H. Torrance, 11 June 1815, 1.10.1, no. 13 | ||||
| Garret Van Meter, 27 Apr. 1781, ch. 3, no. 6 | ||||
| George Washington, 16 Apr. 1784, 1.9.8, no. 5 | ||||
| Manual of Parliamentary Practice and Rules of the House of Representatives, 1.2.5, no. 1 | ||||
| National Bank, Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bill for Establishing, 15 Feb. 1791, 1.8.18, no. 10 | ||||
| Notes on the State of Virginia, 1784, ch. 4, no. 9; ch. 10, no. 9; ch. 12, no. 11; ch. 13, no. 15; ch. 15, no. 28; ch. 17, no. 20; ch. 18, no. 16; Amend. I (religion), no. 40 | ||||
| Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, July 1803, 2.2.2--3, no. 25 | ||||
| Protest to the Virginia House of Delegates, 1797, 1.6.1, no. 18 | ||||
| Religious Freedom, Bill for Establishing, 1779, Amend. I (religion), no. 37 | ||||
| Residence Bill of 1790, Constitutionality of, 15 July 1790, 1.5, no. 14 | ||||
| Summary View of the Rights of British America, July 1774, ch. 14, no. 10 | ||||
| Western Territory, Plan for Government of, 22 Mar. 1784, 4.3.1, no. 3 | ||||
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| no. 2, Oct. 1787, Amend. IX, no. 5 | ||||
| no. 3, Fall 1787, 1.2.1, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 4, Fall 1787, 1.3.1--2, no. 4 | ||||
| no. 5, Fall 1787, 1.8.16, no. 5 | ||||
![]() | Johnson, William, Note to Satterlee v. Mathewson, 1829, 1.9.3, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Johnston, Samuel, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 3.2.1, no. 28 | |||
![]() | Junius, no. 18, 29 July 1769, 1.5, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Kent, James, Commentaries. See tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | |||
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| Constitution of 1799, 1.6.1, no. 20; 3.1, no. 17; Amend. I (speech), no. 23 | ||||
| Resolutions, 10 Nov. 1798, 14 Nov. 1799, Amend. I (speech), no. 18 | ||||
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| Letters to | ||||
| Elbridge Gerry, 30 Apr. 1786, ch. 5, no. 10 | ||||
| C. Gore, 1 Feb. 1824, 3.2.1, no. 78 | ||||
| Timothy Pickering, 4 Nov. 1803, 4.3.1, no. 11 | ||||
| Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1.4.1, no. 11 | ||||
| Senate | ||||
| 20 Mar. 1816, 2.1.2--3, no. 9 | ||||
| 12 Jan. 1818, 2.2.2--3, no. 30 | ||||
| Mar. 1819, 1.9.4, no. 15 | ||||
![]() | Lambarde, William, Eirenarcha, 1614, Amend. I (petition), no. 2 | |||
![]() | Lancaster, William, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 6.3, no. 26 | |||
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| Virginia Resolutions, Report of the Minority on, 22 Jan. 1799, Amend. I (speech), no. 20 | ||||
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| Letters to | ||||
| ------, 31 May 1764, ch. 17, no. 10 | ||||
| ------, 10 Oct. 1785, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 5 | ||||
| Samuel Adams | ||||
| 14 Mar. 1785, ch. 5, no. 8 | ||||
| 5 Oct. 1787, ch. 14, no. 22 | ||||
| Mrs. Hannah Corbin, 17 Mar. 1778, ch. 13, no. 11 | ||||
| Henry Laurens, 6 June 1779, ch. 18, no. 12 | ||||
| George Mason | ||||
| 15 May 1787, ch. 5, no. 18 | ||||
| 1 Oct. 1787, ch. 6, no. 16; ch. 14, no. 21 | ||||
| James Monroe, 5 Jan. 1784, 1.8.12, no. 8 | ||||
| Edmund Pendleton, 12 May 1776, ch. 11, no. 6 | ||||
| Edmund Randolph, 16 Oct. 1787, 3.2.3, no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Lincoln, Levi, Opinions of Attorney General, 1.8.8, no. 10; 4.3.2, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Livingston, Edward, System of Penal Laws, 1824, 3.1, no. 34 | |||
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| A Letter concerning Toleration, 1689, Amend. I (religion), no. 10; Amend. I (petition), no. 7 | ||||
| Second Treatise, 1689, ch. 2, no. 1; ch. 3, no. 2; ch. 4, no. 1; ch. 10, no. 3; ch. 13, no. 2; ch. 16, no. 3; ch. 17, no. 5; Preamble, no. 1; 2.1.1, no. 1; Amend. V (due process), no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Lowrie, Walter, Senate, 20 Jan. 1820, 1.9.1, no. 21 | |||
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| Anecdote, 18--, ch. 18, no. 1 | ||||
| Maryland House of Delegates, 29 Nov. 1787, 1.9.4, no. 5; 1.9.5, no. 3 | ||||
![]() | Machiavelli, Niccol[ograve], Discourses, 1531, ch. 11, no. 1 | |||
![]() | McKean, Thomas, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 3.1, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Maclaine, Archibald, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 3.2.2, no. 5 | |||
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| Address of the General Assembly to the People . . . of Virginia, 23 Jan. 1799, Amend. I (speech), no. 21 | ||||
| African Colony for Freed Slaves, Memorandum on, 20 Oct. 1789, ch. 15, no. 43 | ||||
| Articles of Confederation, Bill Authorizing Amendment in, 21 June 1784, 1.9.4, no. 2 | ||||
| Congress, Notes on Debates in, Jan.--Feb. 1783, ch. 5, no. 5 ch. 5, no. 6 | ||||
| Consolidation, 5 Dec. 1791, ch. 8, no. 40 | ||||
| Copyright for Authors, Act Securing, 16 Nov. 1785, 1.8.8, no. 5 | ||||
| Detached Memoranda, ca. 1817, Amend. I (religion), no. 64 | ||||
| Federal Convention, 19 June 1787, ch. 12, no. 15 | ||||
| Federalist | ||||
| no. 10, 22 Nov. 1787, ch. 4, no. 19 | ||||
| no. 14, 30 Nov. 1787, ch. 4, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 37, 11 Jan. 1788, ch. 9, no. 9; Preamble, no. 10; 3.2.1, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 39, 16 Jan. 1788, ch. 4, no. 24; ch. 8, no. 27 | ||||
| no. 40, 18 Jan. 1788, ch. 6, no. 20 | ||||
| no. 41, 19 Jan. 1788, 1.8.12, no. 22 | ||||
| no. 42, 22 Jan. 1788, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 9; 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 4; 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 5; 1.8.5, no. 7; 1.8.10, no. 4; 1.9.1, no. 12; 2.2.2--3, no. 7; 4.1, no. 5 | ||||
| no. 43, 23 Jan. 1788, 1.8.8, no. 7; 1.8.17, no. 3; 3.3.1--2, no. 17; 4.3.1, no. 7; 4.4, no. 7; 5, no. 6; 6.1, no. 3; 7, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 44, 25 Jan. 1788, 1.8.18, no. 7; 1.10.1, no. 5; 6.2, no. 16; 6.3, no. 19 | ||||
| no. 45, 26 Jan. 1788, ch. 8, no. 29 | ||||
| no. 46, 29 Jan. 1788, ch. 8, no. 30; 1.8.12, no. 25 | ||||
| no. 47, 30 Jan. 1788, ch. 10, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 48, 1 Feb. 1788, ch. 10, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 49, 2 Feb. 1788, ch. 2, no. 19 | ||||
| no. 51, 6 Feb. 1788, ch. 10, no. 16 | ||||
| no. 52, 8 Feb. 1788, 1.2.1, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 53, 9 Feb. 1788, 1.2.1, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 54, 12 Feb. 1788, 1.2.3, no. 13 | ||||
| no. 55, 13 Feb. 1788, ch. 13, no. 30; ch. 18, no. 22; 1.2.3, no. 14 | ||||
| no. 56, 16 Feb. 1788, 1.2.3, no. 15 | ||||
| no. 57, 19 Feb. 1788, ch. 4, no. 26; 1.2.3, no. 16 | ||||
| no. 58, 20 Feb. 1788, ch. 13, no. 32; 1.2.3, no. 17 | ||||
| no. 62, 27 Feb. 1788, ch. 12, no. 22; 1.3.1--2, no. 11 | ||||
| no. 63, 1 Mar. 1788, ch. 4, no. 27; 1.3.1--2, no. 12 | ||||
| Foreign Trade, Draft of Resolutions on, 12 Nov. 1785, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 6 | ||||
| Helvidius, Letters of, nos. 1--4, 24 Aug.--14 Sept. 1793, 2.2.2--3, no. 15 | ||||
| House of Representatives, ch. 10, no. 21; ch. 14, no. 50; 1.2.2, no. 6; 1.2.3, no. 19; 1.6.1, no. 15; 1.8.1, no. 18; 1.8.1, no. 20; 1.8.2, no. 7; 1.8.17, no. 10; 1.8.18, no. 9; 1.9.1, no. 16; 1.9.8, no. 9; 2.2.2--3, no. 22; Amend. IX, no. 7 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| John Adams, 22 May 1817, ch. 10, no. 22 | ||||
| Rev. Adams, 1832, Amend. I (religion), no. 68 | ||||
| W. T. Barry, 4 Aug. 1822, ch. 18, no. 35 | ||||
| William Bradford | ||||
| 24 Jan. 1774, Amend. I (religion), no. 16 | ||||
| 1 Apr. 1774, Amend. I (religion), no. 18 | ||||
| Joseph C. Cabell | ||||
| 18 Sept. 1828, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 18 | ||||
| 30 Oct. 1828, 1.8.1, no. 26 | ||||
| 13 Feb. 1829, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 19 | ||||
| Reynolds Chapman, 6 Jan. 1831, 1.8.18, no. 19 | ||||
| Professor Davis, 1832, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 21 | ||||
| Robert J. Evans, 15 June 1819, ch. 15, no. 65 | ||||
| George Eve, 2 Jan. 1789, ch. 14, no. 48 | ||||
| George Hay, 23 Aug. 1823, 2.1.2--3, no. 10 | ||||
| M. L. Hurlbert, May 1830, 3.2.1, no. 85 | ||||
| Charles J. Ingersoll, 2 Feb. 1831, 1.10.1, no. 22 | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson | ||||
| 16 Mar. 1784, 4.2.2, no. 3 | ||||
| 19 June 1786, ch. 15, no. 33 | ||||
| 24 Oct. 1787, ch. 17, no. 22; 1.9.5, no. 2 | ||||
| 8 Oct. 1788, 1.2.1, no. 17 | ||||
| 17 Oct. 1788, ch. 14, no. 47 | ||||
| 9 May 1789, 1.9.8, no. 8 | ||||
| 30 June 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 43 | ||||
| 4 Feb. 1790, ch. 2, no. 24 | ||||
| 2 Apr. 1798, 1.8.11, no. 8 | ||||
| 27 June 1823, 3.2.1, no. 77; 6.2, no. 37 | ||||
| 14 Jan. 1824, Amend. XII, no. 6 | ||||
| 8 Feb. 1825, ch. 18, no. 36 | ||||
| Henry Lee, 14 Jan. 1825, Amend. XII, no. 7 | ||||
| Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822, ch. 18, no. 34; Amend. I (religion), no. 66 | ||||
| James Monroe | ||||
| 27 Nov. 1784, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 2 | ||||
| 7 Aug. 1785, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 4 | ||||
| 27 Dec. 1817, 3.2.1, no. 70 | ||||
| 10 Feb. 1820, 1.9.1, no. 22 | ||||
| Edmund Pendleton | ||||
| 28 Oct. 1787, 6.3, no. 13 | ||||
| 2 Jan. 1791, 6.2, no. 20 | ||||
| 21 Feb. 1792, 2.1.6, no. 3 | ||||
| Richard Peters, 19 Aug. 1789, ch. 14, no. 53 | ||||
| Edmund Randolph | ||||
| 10 Mar. 1784, 3.2.3, no. 2; 4.2.2, no. 2 | ||||
| 8 Apr. 1787, ch. 6, no. 9 | ||||
| 10 Apr. 1788, 6.3, no. 22 | ||||
| Thomas Ritchie, 15 Sept. 1821, ch. 2, no. 28 | ||||
| Spencer Roane, 2 Sept. 1819, 1.8.18, no. 15 | ||||
| Benjamin Rush, 20 Mar. 1790, ch. 15, no. 45 | ||||
| Andrew Stevenson, 27 Nov. 1830, 1.8.1, no. 27 | ||||
| James K. Tefft, 3 Dec. 1830, 1.7.2--3, no. 15 | ||||
| George Thompson, 29 Jan. 1789, 1.8.1, no. 17 | ||||
| Nicholas P. Trist, 15 Feb. 1830, ch. 7, no. 28 | ||||
| Robert Walsh, 27 Nov. 1819, 1.9.1, no. 20 | ||||
| George Washington | ||||
| 16 Apr. 1787, ch. 8, no. 6 | ||||
| 30 Sept. 1787, ch. 6, no. 15 | ||||
| 18 Oct. 1787, 3.2.1, no. 10 | ||||
| Daniel Webster, 15 Mar. 1833, ch. 3, no. 14 | ||||
| Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments, 20 June 1785, Amend. I (religion), no. 43 | ||||
| Message to Congress, Fourth Annual, 4 Nov. 1812, 1.8.16, no. 13 | ||||
| Nullification, Notes on, 1835--36, 6.2, no. 43 | ||||
| Observations on Jefferson's Draft of a Constitution for Virginia, 15 Oct. 1788, ch. 17, no. 25; 1.7.2--3, no. 12; 2.1.2--3, no. 4; 3.2.1, no. 29 | ||||
| Outline, Sept. 1829, ch. 7, no. 27 | ||||
| Paper Money, Notes for Speech Opposing, 1 Nov. 1786, 1.10.1, no. 2 | ||||
| Parties, 23 Jan. 1792, ch. 15, no. 50 | ||||
| Preface to Debates in the Convention of 1787, 1.8.1, no. 2; 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 7; 1.10.2, no. 3 | ||||
| Proclamation, 16 Nov. 1814, Amend. I (religion), no. 63 | ||||
| Property, 29 Mar. 1792, ch. 16, no. 23 | ||||
| Public Opinion, 19 Dec. 1791, ch. 2, no. 26 | ||||
| Republican Distribution of Citizens, 5 Mar. 1792, ch. 18, no. 28 | ||||
| Senate, Message to, June 1813, 2.2.2--3, no. 53 | ||||
| Suffrage | ||||
| Note on, 1829, ch. 16, no. 27 | ||||
| Note to His Speech on the Right of, 1821, ch. 16, no. 26 | ||||
| Vices of the Political System of the United States, Apr. 1787, ch. 5, no. 16; 4.4, no. 2 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 13, no. 36; 3.2.1, no. 26; 4.4, no. 8; Amend. I (religion), no. 49 | ||||
| Virginia Resolutions, 21 Dec. 1798, Amend. I (speech), no. 19 | ||||
| Report on, Jan. 1800, ch. 8, no. 42; Amend. I (speech), no. 24 | ||||
![]() | Magna Carta, 1215, Amend. I (petition), no. 1 | |||
![]() | Marcus. See Iredell, James | |||
![]() | Marshall, John | |||
| Letter to a Freeholder, 20 Sept. 1798, Amend. I (speech), no. 17 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 11, no. 14 | ||||
![]() | Martin, Luther | |||
| Genuine Information, 1788, ch. 6, no. 19; ch. 8, no. 32; ch. 13, no. 27; ch. 15, no. 37. See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | ||||
| Impeachment Trial of Justice Samuel Chase, 23 Feb. 1804, 1.2.5, no. 16 | ||||
| Letter, 4 Apr. 1788, ch. 9, no. 11 | ||||
| Letters, no. 3, 14 Mar. 1788, 1.8.15, no. 12 | ||||
| Maryland House of Delegates, 29 Nov. 1787, 1.3.1--2, no. 8; 1.9.6, no. 2; 7, no. 5 | ||||
![]() | Maryland | |||
| Act concerning Religion, 1649, Amend. I (religion), no. 5 | ||||
| Constitution of 1776, 1.5, no. 3; 3.1, no. 5; Amend. I (religion), no. 27; Amend. IV, no. 10 | ||||
| General Assembly, Act for the Liberties of the People, 1639, ch. 14, no. 1 | ||||
| Laws of, at Large, 1638, 3.3.1--2, no. 1 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, Proposed Amendment, 29 Apr. 1788, Amend. I (petition), no. 16 | ||||
![]() | Maryland Farmer | |||
| no. 1, 15 Feb. 1788, ch. 14, no. 35 | ||||
| no. 2, 29 Feb. 1788, 1.8.12, no. 26 | ||||
| no. 6, 1 Apr. 1788, 3.2.2, no. 3 | ||||
| no. 7, 11 Apr. 1788, Amend. I (religion), no. 48 | ||||
![]() | Mason, George | |||
| Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company, Remarks on, Apr. 1775, ch. 18, no. 5 | ||||
| Exempting Dissenters from Contributions to the Established Church, Amendment to the Bill, 5 Dec. 1776, Amend. I (religion), no. 33 | ||||
| Federal Convention, 20 June 1787, ch. 12, no. 16 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson, 27 Sept. 1781, ch. 8, no. 3 | ||||
| James Monroe, 30 Jan. 1792, 2.2.2--3, no. 50 | ||||
| Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, 28 Mar. 1785, 1.8.3 (commerce), no. 3 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 8, no. 37; ch. 13, no. 35; ch. 14, no. 42; 1.5, no. 11; 1.9.4, no. 9; 6.2, no. 18 | ||||
![]() | Massachusetts | |||
| Body of Liberties, 1641, ch. 14, no. 2; Amend. I (religion), no. 3; Amends. V--VI, no. 2 | ||||
| Constitution of 1780, ch. 1, no. 6; Bill of Rights, no. 6 | ||||
| Amendments to, 1821, 6.3, no. 4 | ||||
| House of Representatives | ||||
| Circular Letter to the Colonial Legislatures, 11 Feb. 1768, ch. 17, no. 13; Amend. IX, no. 2 | ||||
| Letter to Dennys De Berdt, 12 Jan. 1768, ch. 16, no. 6 | ||||
| Resolutions, 29 Oct. 1765, ch. 17, no. 11 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, ch. 14, no. 33; 1.2.1, no. 13; 1.2.2, no. 3; 1.2.3, no. 11; 1.3.1--2, no. 10; 1.4.1, no. 10; 1.5, no. 9; 1.6.1, no. 11; 1.8.17, no. 4; 1.9.1, no. 11; 1.9.2, no. 10; 3.2.3, no. 15; 5, no. 7; 6.3, no. 20; Amends. V--VI, no. 22. See also Ames, Fisher; Davies, Thomas; Holmes, Abraham; King, Rufus; Parsons, Theophilus | ||||
| Rejected Constitution for, 1778, ch. 15, no. 21 | ||||
![]() | [Massachusetts] Federalist, 3 Dec. 1787, ch. 7, no. 16 | |||
![]() | Massachusetts Gentleman, Letter from, 17 Oct. 1787, 1.2.3, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Mayflower Compact, 11 Nov. 1620, ch. 17, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Instructions to the Delegates from, to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, 1 Nov. 1776, ch. 2, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Missouri Constitution of 1820, 4.2.3, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Monroe, James | |||
| Internal Improvements, Views on, 4 May 1822, Preamble, no. 20; Amend. X, no. 8 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Chairman of Senate Military Committee, Feb. 1815, 1.8.15, no. 18 | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1801, ch. 8, no. 43 | ||||
| James Madison | ||||
| 15 Nov. 1784, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 1 | ||||
| 10 May 1822, 2.2.2--3, no. 54 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 11, no. 15 | ||||
![]() | Montesquieu, Spirit of Laws, 1748, ch. 2, no. 3; ch. 4, no. 2; ch. 8, no. 1; ch. 15, no. 4; ch. 17, no. 9; ch. 18, no. 3; 1.8.12, no. 2; 1.9.3, no. 1; Amend. I (religion), no. 12; Amend. I (speech), no. 3; Amends. V--VI, no. 10; Amend. V (due process), no. 7; Amend. VIII, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Morris, Gouverneur | |||
| Letters to | ||||
| John Jay, 1 Jan. 1783, ch. 5, no. 4 | ||||
| Moss Kent, 12 Jan. 1815, 1.8.16, no. 15 | ||||
| Henry W. Livingston, 4 Dec. 1803, 4.3.1, no. 12 | ||||
| John Penn, 20 May 1774, ch. 15, no. 8 | ||||
| Timothy Pickering, 22 Dec. 1814, 3.2.1, no. 60 | ||||
| President of New York Senate, 25 Dec. 1802, 2.1.2--3, no. 8 | ||||
| Robert Walsh, 5 Feb. 1811, ch. 11, no. 17 | ||||
| National Greatness, ca. 1800, ch. 18, no. 31 | ||||
| Political Enquiries, 1776, ch. 4, no. 6; ch. 16, no. 8 | ||||
![]() | Morris, Robert | |||
| Circular to the Governors of the States, 25 July 1781, ch. 5, no. 3 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1784, 1.8.5, no. 3 | ||||
| President of Congress | ||||
| 15 Jan. 1782, 1.8.5, no. 2 | ||||
| 17 Mar. 1783, ch. 5, no. 7 | ||||
![]() | Native of Virginia, Observations upon the Proposed Plan of Federal Government, 1788, Preamble, no. 16; 1.2.1, no. 16; 1.2.5, no. 12; 1.3.4--5, no. 2; 1.8.16, no. 9; 3.2.1, no. 27 | |||
![]() | Nedham, Marchamont, The Excellence of a Free-State, 1656, ch. 10, no. 2 | |||
![]() | New Hampshire | |||
| Constitution of 1784, 1.9.2, no. 7; Amend. I (religion), no. 42 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention. See Atherton, Joshua | ||||
![]() | [New Hampshire] Farmer, no. 1, 11 Jan. 1788, 1.8.15, no. 10 | |||
![]() | New Haven Colony | |||
| The Fundamental Agreement or Original Constitution of, 4 June 1639, Amend. I (religion), no. 2 | ||||
| Laws of, 1656, 3.3.1--2, no. 3 | ||||
![]() | New Jersey Constitution of 1776, Amend. I (religion), no. 28; Amend. VII, no. 5 | |||
![]() | New Jersey Plan, 15 June 1787, ch. 8, no. 9 | |||
![]() | New Plimouth Colony, General Laws and Liberties of, 1671, 3.3.1--2, no. 4 | |||
![]() | New York | |||
| Constitution of 1777, 1.2.1, no. 7; 1.2.5, no. 5; Amend. I (religion), no. 34 | ||||
| General Assembly of, Address to Lt. Gov. George Clarke, 7 Sept. 1737, 1.2.1, no. 2 | ||||
| Ratification of Constitution, 26 July 1788, Bill of Rights, no. 8 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, 1.4.1, no. 17; 6.3, no. 25. See also Clinton, George; Hamilton, Alexander; Lansing, John; Smith, Melancton; Tredwell, Thomas | ||||
![]() | Nicholas, Wilson, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1.2.2, no. 5 | |||
![]() | Northampton, Statute of, 2 Edw. 3, c. 3, 1328, Amend. II, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Northampton, Massachusetts, Return of, 22 May 1780, ch. 15, no. 26 | |||
![]() | North Carolina | |||
| Constitution of 1776, 1.2.1, no. 5; 1.2.5, no. 2; 4.2.1, no. 2; Amend. I (religion), no. 29 | ||||
| Fundamental Constitutions of 1669, Amend. I (religion), no. 7 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, Preamble, no. 15; 1.2.5, no. 13; 1.3.1--2, no. 15; 1.3.4--5, no. 3; 1.4.1, no. 18; 1.5, no. 12; 1.8.17, no. 8; 1.9.1, no. 15; 1.10.1, no. 9; 2.1.4, no. 1; 2.2.1, no. 7; 2.2.2--3, no. 11; 2.2.2--3, no. 41; 5, no. 10; 6.2, no. 19; Bill of Rights, no. 10; Amend. I (religion), no. 52. See also Davie, William R.; Iredell, James; Johnston, Samuel; Lancaster, William; Maclaine, Archibald; Spaight, Richard D. | ||||
![]() | Northwest Ordinance, 13 July 1787, ch. 1, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Old Whig | |||
| no. 2, Fall 1787, 1.8.18, no. 2; 6.2, no. 10 | ||||
| no. 5, Fall 1787, 2.1.1, no. 7; Amend. I (religion), no. 47 | ||||
| no. 6, Fall 1787, 1.8.1, no. 5 | ||||
![]() | One of the People, 23 Nov. 1776, ch. 12, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Osgood, Samuel, Letter to John Adams, 14 Nov. 1786, ch. 5, no. 14 | |||
![]() | Otis, James, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, 1764, ch. 2, no. 5; ch. 13, no. 4 | |||
![]() | Paine, Thomas | |||
| Common Sense, 10 Jan. 1776, ch. 4, no. 4; Amend. I (religion), no. 24 | ||||
| Dissertation on the First Principles of Government, 1795, ch. 13, no. 40 | ||||
| Memorial to James Monroe, 10 Sept. 1794, 1.8.4 (citizenship), no. 11 | ||||
| Reflections on Titles, May 1775, 1.9.8, no. 2 | ||||
| Rights of Man, 1791, 1792, ch. 4, no. 32; Amend. I (religion), no. 57 | ||||
![]() | Parsons, Theophilus, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1.7.1, no. 9. See also Essex, Massachusetts, Result | |||
![]() | Penn, William | |||
| England's Present Interest Considered, 1675, ch. 14, no. 3 | ||||
| Excellent Priviledge of Liberty and Property, 1687, ch. 14, no. 5 | ||||
| Preface to the Frame of Government, 1682, ch. 17, no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Pennsylvania | |||
| Charter of Liberty, 1682, Amend. I (religion), no. 9 | ||||
| Constitution of 1776, Bill of Rights, no. 5; Amend. I (religion), no. 30; Amend. II, no. 5; Amend. VII, no. 4; Amend. VIII, no. 8 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, 1.4.1, no. 4; Amend. VII, no. 9. See also Findley, William; McKean, Thomas; Smilie, John; Whitehill, Robert; Wilson, James | ||||
![]() | [Pennsylvania Convention Minority], The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents, 18 Dec. 1787, ch. 2, no. 15; 1.2.3, no. 8; 3.2.3, no. 11 | |||
![]() | Pennsylvania Evening Post, 27 Apr. 1776, ch. 15, no. 11 | |||
![]() | [Pennsylvania] Farmer, Fallacies of the Freeman Directed by, 23 Apr. 1788, ch. 8, no. 35 | |||
![]() | Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 Mar. 1777, ch. 12, no. 9 | |||
![]() | People the Best Governors, The, 1776, ch. 11, no. 8 | |||
![]() | Petition of Right, 7 June 1628, 3 Chas. 1, c. 1, Amend. I (petition), no. 3 | |||
| Controversy over, 1628, Amend. V (due process), no. 3 | ||||
![]() | Philadelphia Synagogue, Petition to Council of Censors of Pennsylvania, 23 Dec. 1783, 6.3, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Phillips, Jonas, Letter to President and Members of the Convention, 7 Sept. 1787, 6.3, no. 11 | |||
![]() | Pickering, Timothy, Letters to | |||
| George Cabot, 29 Jan. 1804, ch. 7, no. 24 | ||||
| Rufus King, 6 Mar. 1785, ch. 15, no. 29 | ||||
| Charles Tillinghast, 24 Dec. 1787, 1.4.1, no. 7; 3.2.1, no. 12 | ||||
![]() | Pinckney, Charles | |||
| House of Representatives, 1.9.1, no. 23; 4.2.1, no. 15 | ||||
| Letter to James Madison, 28 Mar. 1789, 1.3.1--2, no. 16 | ||||
| Observations on the Plan of Government, 1787, 1.8.16, no. 4; 3.2.1, no. 9; 4.2.2, no. 5; 4.3.1, no. 5; 5, no. 3; 6.2, no. 6 | ||||
| Senate, 5 Mar. 1800, 1.6.1, no. 21 | ||||
| South Carolina House of Representatives, 16 Jan. 1788, Preamble, no. 11 | ||||
| South Carolina Ratifying Convention, ch. 4, no. 28; 1.10.1, no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, South Carolina House of Representatives, 18 Jan. 1788, ch. 7, no. 19; 1.4.1, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Pinkney, William, Argument in McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819, ch. 7, no. 26 | |||
![]() | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | |||
| Instructions of, 1779, ch. 13, no. 13 | ||||
| Petitions, 29 May 1776, ch. 17, no. 17 | ||||
![]() | Plebeian, Address to the People of the State of New-York, Spring 1788, ch. 5, no. 26; Amend. I (speech), no. 12 | |||
![]() | Plymouth, Massachusetts, Return of, 1 June 1778, ch. 14, no. 16 | |||
![]() | Printing Seditious Treasonable and Unlicensed Books and Pamphlets, An Act for Preventing the Frequent Abuses in, and for Regulating Printing and Printing Presses, 14 Chas. 2, c. 33, 1662, Amend. I (speech), no. 1 | |||
![]() | Proposed Amendments and Ratification, 1789, Bill of Rights, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Public Acts, Records and Judicial Proceedings, An Act to Prescribe the Mode in Which the, in Each State, Shall Be Authenticated . . ., 1 Stat. 122, 1790, 4.1, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Publius. See subentries for Federalist under Hamilton, Alexander; Jay, John; Madison, James | |||
![]() | Putney Debates, 29 Oct. 1647, ch. 15, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Randolph, Edmund | |||
| History of Virginia, 1809, ch. 15, no. 17 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| James Madison | ||||
| 27 Mar. 1787, ch. 6, no. 7 | ||||
| 19 May 1789, ch. 15, no. 41 | ||||
| Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, 10 Oct. 1787, 7, no. 4 | ||||
| Suggestions for the Conciliation of the Small States, 10 July 1787, 6.2, no. 7 | ||||
| Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 14, no. 40; 1.10.1, no. 7; 6.3, no. 24; 7, no. 13 | ||||
| [with others] Report to Congress, Nov. 1781, 1.8.10, no. 1 | ||||
![]() | Rawle, William, View of the Constitution of the United States, 1829. See tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | |||
![]() | Read, George, Letter to John Dickinson, 17 Jan. 1787, ch. 12, no. 13 | |||
![]() | Reid, Robert W., House of Representatives, 1 Feb. 1820, 4.3.1, no. 15 | |||
![]() | Republican Federalist | |||
| no. 5, 19 Jan. 1788, 1.2.3, no. 12 | ||||
| no. 6, 2 Feb. 1788, 1.2.2, no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Republicus, 16 Feb. 1788, ch. 12, no. 21; ch. 13, no. 31 | |||
![]() | Royal Commission for Regulating Plantations, 28 Apr. 1634, ch. 17, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Rumsey, James, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 6 June 1789, 1.8.8, no. 8 | |||
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| Letters to | ||||
| John Adams, 21 July 1789, ch. 4, no. 30 | ||||
| John Armstrong, 19 Mar. 1783, Amend. I (religion), no. 39 | ||||
| Edward Hand, 10 Nov. 1784, 6.3, no. 7 | ||||
| Catherine Macaulay, 18 Jan. 1769, 1.7.1, no. 4 | ||||
| James Madison, 10 Mar. 1790, 1.8.2, no. 6 | ||||
| Richard Price | ||||
| 15 Oct. 1785, 22 Apr. 1786, 6.3, no. 8 | ||||
| 27 Oct. 1786, ch. 7, no. 7 | ||||
| Observations on the Government of Pennsylvania, 1777, ch. 12, no. 8 | ||||
| Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic, 1798, ch. 18, no. 30 | ||||
| On Punishing Murder by Death, 1792, Amend. VIII, no. 16 | ||||
![]() | Rutledge, Edward, Letter to John Jay, 29 June 1776, ch. 8, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Samuel, 10 Jan. 1788, 7, no. 9 | |||
![]() | Senate | |||
| Abolition Petitions, Reception of, 1836, Amend. I (petition), no. 22 | ||||
| Amendments | ||||
| 9 Sept. 1789, ch. 14, no. 55 | ||||
| Dec. 1803, Amend. XII, no. 5 | ||||
| 20 Mar. 1816, 2.1.2--3, no. 9 | ||||
| Committee on Foreign Relations, Report, 15 Feb. 1816, 2.2.2--3, no. 29 | ||||
| Contested Election of Mr. Gallatin, Feb. 1794, 1.5, no. 16 | ||||
| Electoral College, 23 Jan. 1800, 2.1.2--3, no. 7 | ||||
| Indians, 17--22 Sept. 1789, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 5 | ||||
| Judiciary System, Jan. 1802, 3.1, no. 21 | ||||
| Presentation of the Colors of France, 6 Jan. 1796, 2.2.2--3, no. 17 | ||||
| Select Committee Report on Amendment to Constitution, 1 Mar. 1826, 1.6.2, no. 8 | ||||
![]() | Sherman, Roger, Letters to John Adams | |||
| 20 July 1789, 1.7.2--3, no. 13 | ||||
| July 1789, 1.3.1--2, no. 17; 2.2.2--3, no. 46 | ||||
![]() | Short, William, Letter to James Madison, 21 Dec. 1787, 7, no. 6 | |||
![]() | Sidney, Algernon, Discourses concerning Government, 1698, ch. 3, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Slave Petition to the Governor, Council, and House of Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts, 25 May 1774, ch. 14, no. 9 | |||
![]() | Smilie, John, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, ch. 8, no. 16; ch. 14, no. 28 | |||
![]() | Smith, Adam, Wealth of Nations, 1776, 1.8.12, no. 5; Amend. I (religion), no. 31 | |||
![]() | Smith, Melancton, New York Ratifying Convention, ch. 13, no. 37; 1.8.16, no. 11 | |||
![]() | South Carolina | |||
| Constitution of 1778, Amend. I (religion), no. 36 | ||||
| House of Representatives, Jan. 1788, 1.9.1, no. 10; 2.2.2--3, no. 6 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, Proposed Amendment, 6.3, no. 23. See also Pinckney, Charles | ||||
![]() | Spaight, Richard D., North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 1.9.4, no. 10 | |||
![]() | Stamp Act Congress, Declaration of Rights, 19 Oct. 1765, 1.7.1, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Story, Joseph, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833, ch. 12, no. 27. See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | |||
![]() | Strong, Caleb, Governor, to Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1812, 1.8.15, no. 17 | |||
![]() | Sullivan, James, Letter to Jeremy Belknap, 30 July 1795, ch. 15, no. 55 | |||
![]() | Supreme Court, Letters on Reorganization of, 1792, 3.1, no. 16 | |||
![]() | Sutton, Massachusetts, Return of, 18 May 1778, ch. 15, no. 22 | |||
![]() | Swift, Zephaniah, A System of Laws of the State of Connecticut, 1796, Amends. V--VI, no. 29 | |||
![]() | Symmes, William, Letter to Capt. Peter Osgood, 15 Nov. 1787, 2.3, no. 6; 4.4, no. 5 | |||
![]() | Treason, An Act Declaring What Shall Be, 9 Hening 168, 1776, 3.3.1--2, no. 11 | |||
![]() | Treaties, An Act to Declare the, Heretofore Concluded with France, No Longer Obligatory . . ., 1 Stat. 578, 1798, 2.2.2--3, no. 23 | |||
![]() | Tredwell, Thomas, New York Ratifying Convention, ch. 14, no. 44; 1.8.17, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Trenchard, John | |||
| Cato's Letters | ||||
| no. 60, 6 Jan. 1721, ch. 17, no. 6 | ||||
| no. 61, 13 Jan. 1721, ch. 17, no. 7 | ||||
| no. 62, 20 Jan. 1721, ch. 17, no. 8 | ||||
| no. 68, 3 Mar. 1721, ch. 16, no. 4 | ||||
| Short Historie of Standing Armies in England, 1698, ch. 10, no. 4 | ||||
![]() | Tucker, St. George | |||
| Blackstone's Commentaries, 1803, ch. 13, no. 41. See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | ||||
| Dissertation on Slavery, 1796, ch. 15, no. 56 | ||||
| Letters to Jeremy Belknap | ||||
| 24 Jan. 1795, ch. 15, no. 52 | ||||
| 29 June 1795, ch. 15, no. 54 | ||||
![]() | Tumultuous Petition Act, 13 Chas. 2, st. 1, c. 5, 1661, Amend. I (petition), no. 4 | |||
![]() | Tyler, John, Virginia Ratifying Convention, ch. 9, no. 12 | |||
![]() | Vermont | |||
| Constitution of 1777, Preamble, no. 5; 1.2.5, no. 6; 4.2.1, no. 3; 4.4, no. 1; 6.3, no. 3; Amend. I (religion), no. 35; Amends. V--VI, no. 21 | ||||
| Constitution of 1786, Preamble, no. 6; 1.2.1, no. 8; 1.6.1, no. 8; 1.9.3, no. 7; 2.3, no. 4; 5, no. 1; Amend. I (religion), no. 46 | ||||
![]() | Virginia | |||
| Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 31 Oct. 1785, Amend. I (religion), no. 44 | ||||
| Constitution of 1776, ch. 1, no. 4; 1.7.1, no. 6; 3.1, no. 4 | ||||
| Declaration of Rights, 12 June 1776, ch. 1, no. 3; Bill of Rights, no. 2 | ||||
| General Assembly | ||||
| 21 Jan. 1786, ch. 6, no. 1 | ||||
| 1 Dec. 1786, ch. 6, no. 3 | ||||
| Ordinance and Constitution for Council and Assembly, 24 July 1621, ch. 17, no. 2; Amend. V (due process), no. 2 | ||||
| Ratifying Convention, 1.2.3, no. 18; 1.4.1, no. 16; 1.5, no. 10; 1.6.2, no. 5; 1.7.1, no. 10; 1.8.1, no. 16; 1.8.12, no. 27; 1.8.13, no. 4; 1.8.15, no. 13; 1.8.17, no. 6; 1.9.1, no. 14; 1.10.1, no. 8; 1.10.2, no. 7; 2.1.1, no. 16; 2.2.1, no. 6; 2.2.2, no. 10; 4.2.3, no. 4; 4.4, no. 9; 5, no. 9; 7, no. 14; Amend. III, no. 8; Amend. VIII, no. 13 | ||||
| Proposed Amendments to the Constitution, ch. 14, no. 43; Bill of Rights, no. 8; Amend. I (religion), no. 51. See also Henry, Patrick; Madison, James; Marshall, John; Mason, George; Monroe, James; Nicholas, Wilson; Randolph, Edmund; Tyler, John | ||||
| Resolutions, 21 Dec. 1798, Amend. I (speech), no. 19 | ||||
| University of, Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Fix the Site of, 4 Aug. 1818, ch. 18, no. 33 | ||||
![]() | Virginia Plan, 29 May 1787, ch. 8, no. 7 | |||
![]() | Vox Populi, no. 1, 29 Oct. 1787, 1.4.1, no. 3 | |||
![]() | Walker, Clement, Relations and Observations, . . ., 1648, ch. 10, no. 1 | |||
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| Annual Address | ||||
| Third, 25 Oct. 1791, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 6 | ||||
| Sixth, 19 Nov. 1794, 1.8.15, no. 16 | ||||
| Seventh, 8 Dec. 1795, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 7 | ||||
| Eighth, 7 Dec. 1796, 1.8.3 (Indians), no. 8; 1.8.13, no. 5 | ||||
| Circular to the States, 8 June 1783, ch. 7, no. 5 | ||||
| Farewell Address, 19 Sept. 1796, ch. 18, no. 29 | ||||
| House of Representatives, 30 Mar. 1796, 2.2.2--3, no. 20 | ||||
| Letters to | ||||
| Rev. William Gordon, 8 July 1783, ch. 7, no. 6 | ||||
| Alexander Hamilton, 31 Mar. 1796, 2.2.2--3, no. 21 | ||||
| John Jay, 1 Aug. 1786, ch. 5, no. 11 | ||||
| Henry Knox, 3 Feb. 1787, ch. 6, no. 5 | ||||
| Marquis de Lafayette, 28 Apr. 1788, 3.2.3, no. 16 | ||||
| James Madison, 31 Mar. 1787, ch. 6, no. 8 | ||||
| Edmund Randolph, 8 Jan. 1788, 7, no. 8 | ||||
| James Warren, 7 Oct. 1785, ch. 5, no. 9 | ||||
| Bushrod Washington, 15 Nov. 1786, ch. 13, no. 16 | ||||
| Order Calling Up the Militia, 7 Aug. 1794, 1.8.15, no. 15 | ||||
| Peace Establishment, Sentiments on a, 2 May 1783, 1.8.12, no. 6 | ||||
| Proclamation: A National Thanksgiving, 3 Oct. 1789, Amend. I (religion), no. 54 | ||||
| Proclamation of 10 July 1795, 2.2.1, no. 24 | ||||
| Senate Committee on Treaties and Nominations, 10 Aug. 1789, 2.2.2--3, no. 12 | ||||
![]() | Watchman, Pennsylvania Packet, 10 June 1776, ch. 15, no. 15 | |||
![]() | Webster, Noah | |||
| Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 10 Oct. 1787, ch. 16, no. 17 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Remarks on Divizions of Property, Feb. 1790, ch. 15, no. 44 | ||||
| On the Education of Youth in America, 1788, ch. 18, no. 26 | ||||
| On Test Laws, Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and Partial Exclusions from Office, Mar. 1787, 6.3, no. 9 | ||||
![]() | Webster, Pelatiah, Remarks on the Address of Sixteen Members of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, 12 Oct. 1787, ch. 9, no. 2 | |||
![]() | West New-Jersey, Concessions and Agreements of, 3 Mar. 1677, ch. 14, no. 4 | |||
![]() | Whitehill, Robert, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, ch. 6, no. 17; ch. 14, no. 29 | |||
![]() | "William Penn," no. 2, 3 Jan. 1788, ch. 10, no. 12; 6.3, no. 16 | |||
![]() | Williams, Roger | |||
| Bloody Tenent, Of Persecution for Cause of Conscience, 1644, Amend. I (religion), no. 4 | ||||
| Letter to the Town of Providence, Jan. 1655, Amend. I (religion), no. 6 | ||||
![]() | Williams, William, Letter, 11 Feb. 1788, 6.3, no. 21 | |||
![]() | Williamson, Hugh, House of Representatives, 3 Feb. 1792, 1.9.4, no. 11 | |||
![]() | Wilson, James | |||
| Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury, May 1791, Amend. VIII, no. 15 | ||||
| Considerations on the Bank, 1785, ch. 8, no. 4 | ||||
| Federal Convention | ||||
| 6 June 1787, ch. 13, no. 18 | ||||
| 20 June 1787, ch. 12, no. 17 | ||||
| Lectures on Law, 1791, ch. 2, no. 25; ch. 3, no. 13; ch. 12, no. 26; ch. 15, no. 48. See also tables of contents of chapters corresponding to the several constitutional provisions | ||||
| Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, ch. 2, no. 14; ch. 6, no. 18; ch. 7, no. 17; ch. 8, no. 18; ch. 14, no. 27; Preamble, no. 8; 1.2.1, no. 12; 1.2.3, no. 7; 1.6.2, no. 2; 1.7.2--3, no. 5; 1.8.1, no. 6; 1.8.12, no. 13; 1.8.15, no. 7; 1.8.18, no. 5; 1.9.1, no. 6; 2.1.1, no. 8; 2.2.2--3, no. 3; 3.1, no. 8; 3.2.1, no. 11; Amend. I (speech), no. 10; Amend. X, no. 2 | ||||
| State House Speech, 6 Oct. 1787, ch. 14, no. 23; 1.3.1--2, no. 5; 3.2.3, no. 5 | ||||
![]() | Winthrop, John, History of New England, 1639, 1645, ch. 13, no. 1 | |||
![]() | Wirt, William, Opinions of Attorney General, 1.6.2, no. 9; 1.8.16, no. 17; 1.8.17, no. 20; 2.2.1, no. 15; 2.2.1, no. 16; 2.2.1, no. 26; 4.2.1, no. 16 | |||
![]() | Wolcott, Oliver, Connecticut Ratifying Convention, 6.3, no. 17 | |||
![]() | Writs of Assistance, 1761--72, Amend. IV, no. 2 | |||
![]() | Yeomanry of Massachusetts, 25 Jan. 1788, ch. 15, no. 38 | |||