1787–1789
Letter from Tobias Lear to John Langdon (1787)
Your obliging favor of the 3d Ulto. Came to hand last week.—You will please to accept of my best thanks for the information contained in it.- I now, for once,
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Your obliging favor of the 3d Ulto. Came to hand last week.—You will please to accept of my best thanks for the information contained in it.- I now, for once,
Some occurrences having taken place since the meeting of our Legislature, of such a nature that I wish you to be informed of them more clearly than I can do
“I Aim at reformation, not satire; as I mean no invidious reflections, but only to give my sentiments with that honest freedom to which every American is entitled by birthright:
The following sheets contain the information given by me to the legislature of Maryland, when officially called before them for that purpose:—No friend to his country will think that they
I am sorry to inform you that our Convention adjourned yesterday (to meet again in June next), without compleating the important business of adopting the Constitution. contrary to the expectation
Madison, James. 1902. The Writings of James Madison: 1787, The Journal of the Constitutional Convention, Volume III. Edited by Gaillard Hunt. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1VAAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Providence, May 11, 1787. Gentlemen—Since
LETTER III from Letters From an American Farmer I WISH I could be acquainted with the feelings and thoughts which must agitate the heart and present themselves to the mind
Source: Chicago University Press, Founders. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch6s11.html In Convention Monday September 17th. 1787 Present The States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mr. Hamilton from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
“From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 20 June 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/wttg. The idea of separating the executive business of the confederacy from Congress, as the judiciary is already
Source: “George Mason to George Mason, Jr.,” May 27, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911.https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. It is