“Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King,” August 28, 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. Dear Sir, I wrote
TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK; Sir: We do ourselves the honor to advise your excellency that, in pursuance to concurrent resolutions of the honorable Senate and Assembly, we have,
Source: The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, etc., Prose and Poetical for July 1787, vol. II, no. 1 (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1789), 553–558; https://goo.gl/H5jnWL. It
“Elbridge Gerry to Ann Gerry,” August 26, 1787. In Supplement to Max Farrand’s The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, edited by James H. Hutson. New Haven: Yale University Press,
The Genuine Information, delivered to the Legislature of the State of Maryland, relative to the Proceedings of the General Convention, held at Philadelphia, in 1787, by Luther Martin, Esq., Attorney-General
It would have been a peculiar pleasure to me to have ascertained before I left Virginia, the temper and genius of my fellow citizens, considered relatively to a government, so
Pendleton County, Washington District, September 25, 1795 Messieurs FRENEAU & PAINE, I KNOW the public curiosity has been on tiptoe to learn the manner in which the frontier district of
GENTLEMEN, I have the honour to inclose, pursuant to my commission, the constitution proposed by the Federal Convention To this system I give my dissent, and shall submit my objections
“Edmund Randolph to David Shepherd,” July 25, 1787. In Supplement to Max Farrand’s The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, edited by James H. Hutson. New Haven: Yale University Press,
“From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Donald, 7 February 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/ablg. DEAR SIR– I received duly your friendly letter of November the 12th. By this time, you will
