1492
Discovery and Settlement
1650
Colonial America
1763
The Revolution & Confederation
1783
The Founding
1789
Early Republic
1825
Expansion and Sectionalism
1860
Civil War and Reconstruction
1870
Industrialization and Urbanization
1890
Progressivism and World War 1
1929
The Great Depression and the New Deal
1941
World War II
1945
Cold War America
1992
Contemporary America
The Founding
Cato’s Letters, Number 38
July 22, 1721
Thomas Gordon
Draft Constitution for Virginia
June 13, 1776
New Jersey Constitution
July 3, 1776
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Lord Howe (1776)
July 20, 1776
Benjamin Franklin
Speech in Congress on Confederation
July 30, 1776
John Witherspoon
The Slave Trade Clause
August 25, 1787
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to John Jay (1779)
March 14, 1779
Alexander Hamilton
Massachusetts Bill of Rights
March 02, 1780
A Sermon on the Commencement of the Constitution
October 25, 1780
Samuel Cooper
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 17
1781
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 4
1781
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on Debates in Congress
January 28, 1783
James Madison
Founding Era
Letter from George Washington to Alexander Hamilto...
March 12, 1783
George Washington
New Hampshire Bill of Rights
October 31, 1783
Letter from George Washington to Thomas Johnson (1...
October 15, 1784
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to the President of...
February 08, 1785
George Washington
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
January 16, 1786
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia General Assembly Commission for Delegates...
January 21, 1786
State (Colonial) Legislatures
Letter from Rufus King to Elbridge Gerry (1786)
April 30, 1786
Rufus King
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
June 19, 1786
James Madison
Proposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederati...
August 07, 1786
Letter from George Washington to John Jay (1786)
August 15, 1786
George Washington
Letter from John Jay to Thomas Jefferson (1786)
October 27, 1786
John Jay
Letter from George Washington to James Madison (17...
November 18, 1786
George Washington
Virginia General Assembly Commissioning Delegates...
December 01, 1786
State (Colonial) Legislatures
Letter from George Washington to Edmund Randolph (...
December 21, 1786
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to David Humphreys (...
December 26, 1786
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to Henry Knox (1786)
December 26, 1786
George Washington
Annapolis Convention Resolution
1786
A Defense of the Constitution of Government of the...
1786
John Adams
Letter from John Jay to George Washington (1787)
January 07, 1787
John Jay
A Citizen of Philadelphia
January, 1787
Peletiah Webster
Address to the People of the United States
January, 1787
Benjamin Rush
Letter from George Washington to Henry Knox (1787)
February 03, 1787
George Washington
Civis
February 04, 1787
David Ramsay
Letter from George Washington to Henry Knox (1787)
March 08, 1787
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to the Secretary for...
March 10, 1787
George Washington
Letter from Edmund Randolph to James Madison (1787...
March 27, 1787
Edmund Randolph
Letter from George Washington to Edmund Randolph (...
March 28, 1787
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to James Madison (17...
March 31, 1787
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to Henry Knox (1787)
April 02, 1787
George Washington
Letter from James Madison to Edmund Randolph (1787...
April 08, 1787
James Madison
Letter from James Madison to George Washington
April 16, 1787
James Madison
Vices of the Political System of the United States
April 30, 1787
James Madison
Rhode Island constitutional convention
Letter from Certain Citizens of Rhode Island to th...
May 11, 1787
Committee on Behalf of Merchants and Tradesmen of Rhode Island
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
May 15, 1787
James Madison
Letter from Richard Henry Lee to George Mason (178...
May 15, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal
May 16, 1787
Z: the Continental Convention
May 16, 1787
Letter from George Washington to Arthur Lee (1787)...
May 20, 1787
George Washington
Letter from George Mason to Arthur Lee (1787): Ear...
May 21, 1787
George Mason
Letter from James Monroe to James Madison (1787):...
May 23, 1787
James Monroe
Letter from James Madison to Edmund Pendleton (178...
May 27, 1787
James Madison
The Rules of the Convention
May 29, 1787
Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan
May 29, 1787
Edmund Randolph
The Virginia Plan
May 29, 1787
Jay, Knox and Madison: Views on Congressional Powe...
May, 1787
Henry Knox
Letter from George Mason to George Mason Jr. (1787...
June 01, 1787
George Mason
Letter from Robert Yates to Abraham Yates (1787):...
June 01, 1787
Robert Yates
Letter from Jeremiah Wadsworth to Rufus King (1787...
June 03, 1787
Jeremiah Wadsworth
Constitutional Convention
Letter from Nathaniel Gorham to Nathan Dane (1787)...
June 03, 1787
Nathaniel Gorham
The Judiciary
August 27, 1787
The Madison-Sherman Exchange
June 06, 1787
Letter from Edmund Randolph to Beverley Randolph (...
June 06, 1787
Edmund Randolph
Letter from James Madison to William Short (1787):...
June 06, 1787
James Madison
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
June 06, 1787
James Madison
Debate on National Veto of State Laws
June 08, 1787
Charles Pinckney
Letter from James Madison to James Monroe (1787):...
June 10, 1787
James Madison
Introducing a Fateful Compromise: A Debate on Prop...
June 13, 1787
The Three-Fifths Clause and Federal Representation
June 11, 1787
The Revised Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
June 15, 1787
Constitutional Convention
Letter from John Dickinson to Polly Dickinson (178...
June 15, 1787
John Dickinson
Return to Starting Point: New Jersey Plan
June 15, 1787
The Two Authorizations Revisited
June 16, 1787
The Hamilton Plan
June 18, 1787
Nathaniel Gorham constitutional convention
Letter from Nathaniel Gorham to Theophilus Parsons...
June 18, 1787
Nathaniel Gorham
Constitutional Convention
June 20, 1787
George Mason
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (178...
June 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
Luther Martin’s Objections to the Virginia Plan
June 28, 1787
Luther Martin
Partly National, Partly Federal
June 30, 1787
The Constitutional Convention: The Three-Fifths Cl...
June, 1787
Debates in the Constitutional Convention: The Thre...
June, 1787
Letter from George Washington to David Stuart (178...
July 1, 1787
George Washington
The Gerry Committee Report
July 05, 1787
Letter from William Jackson to William Rawle (1787...
July 07, 1787
William Jackson
Letter from George Washington to Alexander Hamilto...
July 10, 1787
George Washington
The Three-Fifths Clause Revisited
July 16, 1787
The Fugitive Slave Clause
September 17, 1787
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
July 18, 1787
James Madison
The Committee of Detail Report
August 06, 1787
Letter from Edmund Randolph to David Shepherd (178...
July 25, 1787
Edmund Randolph
Letter from James Madison to His Father (1787)
July 28, 1787
James Madison
The Constitutional Convention: The Fugitive Slave...
July, 1787
An ESSAY on the Means of Promoting Federal Sentime...
August 06, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Atticus 1
August 09, 1787
Atticus
Foreign Spectator 4
August 10, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Foreign Spectator 6
August 16, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Letter from Thomas McKean to William Atlee (1787)
August 16, 1787
Thomas McKean
Foreign Spectator 7
August 17, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Constitutional Convention: The Slave Trade Clause
August, 1787
Letter from William Paterson to Oliver Ellsworth (...
August 23, 1787
William Paterson
Foreign Spectator 10
August 24, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Creating the Electoral College
September 06, 1787
Foreign Spectator 15
September 04, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
September 06, 1787
James Madison
Letter from George Washington to George Augustine...
September 09, 1787
George Washington
Gerry, Mason, and Randolph Decline to Sign the Con...
September 17, 1787
Objections at the Constitutional Convention
September 15, 1787
Objections of Edmund Randolph
September 10, 1787
Foreign Spectator 20
September 12, 1787
Nicholas Collin
The Powers of Congress
September 12, 1787
Committee of Style Report
September 12, 1787
Foreign Spectator 21
September 13, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Objections to the Constitution
September 13, 1787
George Mason
Letter from Joseph Hones to James Madison (1787)
September 13, 1787
Joseph Jones
Constitution of the United States
September 17, 1787
Benjamin Franklin’s Final Remark, Federal Conventi...
September 17, 1787
James Madison
The Signing of the Constitution
September 17, 1787
Foreign Spectator 23
September 17, 1787
Nicholas Collin
An Essay on the Means of Promoting Federal Sentime...
September 18, 1787
Nicholas Collin
North Carolina Delagates to Governor Richard Caswe...
September 18, 1787
Alexander Martin
Foreign Spectator 25
September 21, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Letter from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison...
September 24, 1787
George Washington
Roger Sherman to Governor Samuel Huntington, trans...
September 26, 1787
Roger Sherman
Cato I
September 27, 1787
Foreign Spectator 28
September 28, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Call for state ratifying conventions by Confederat...
September 28, 1787
Curtius
September 29, 1787
Curtius
Constitutional Convention
Letter from Richard Henry Lee to George Mason (178...
October 01, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Caesar, Letter I
October 01, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Foreign Spectator 29
October 02, 1787
Nicholas Collin
Centinel 1
October 05, 1787
Samuel Bryan
Centinel 1
October 5, 1787
Centinel
James Wilson's State House Speech
October 6, 1787
James Wilson
Crito
October 06, 1787
Samuel Hopkins
Federal Farmer 1
October 08, 1787
Federal Farmer
Federal Farmer 2
October 09, 1787
Federal Farmer
Federal Farmer 3
October 10, 1787
Federal Farmer
Letter from Edmund Randolph to the VA House of Del...
October 10, 1787
Edmund Randolph
Cato II
October 11, 1787
Cato
An Old Whig I
October 12, 1787
Federal Farmer 4
October 12, 1787
Federal Farmer
Federal Farmer 5
October 13, 1787
Federal Farmer
Convention Essay
October 13, 1787
Massachusetts Centinel
One of the Four Thousand
October 15, 1787
Letter from Richard Henry Lee to Edmund Randolph (...
October 16, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Lee’s Proposals
October 16, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Caesar, Letter II
October 17, 1787
A Citizen of America: An Examination Into the Lead...
October 17, 1787
Noah Webster
A Democratic Federalist, October 17, 1787
October 17, 1787
An Old Whig II
October 17, 1787
Brutus 1
October 18, 1787
Brutus
Ch. 7: The Debate over Ratification
1789
James Madison
Brutus 1
October 18, 1787
Atticus 2
October 18, 1787
Atticus
Elbridge Gerry’s Objections to the Constuitution
October 18, 1787
Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry’s Objections (Letter to Massachuset...
October 18, 1787
Elbridge Gerry
An Old Whig III
October 20, 1787
Calling Massachusetts State Convention
October 20, 1787
Samuel Adams
John DeWitt I
October 22, 1787
John DeWitt
Centinel 2
October 24, 1787
Centinel
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (178...
October 24, 1787
James Madison
Monitor Essay
October 24, 1787
Anonymous
Cato III
October 25, 1787
Cato
A Federalist Essay
October 25, 1787
A Republican I
October 25, 1787
The Georgia State Convention
October 26, 1787
George Mathews
Federalist 1
October 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
John DeWitt II
October 27, 1787
John DeWitt
An Old Whig IV
October 27, 1787
Federalist 1
October 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philo-Publius I
October 30, 1787
William Duer
Letter from Gouverneur Morris to George Washington...
October 30, 1787
Gouverneur Morris
Federalist 2
October 31, 1787
John Jay
Virginia Calls for State Convention
October 31, 1787
John Beckley
Brutus 2
November 1, 1787
Cincinnatus 1
November 01, 1787
Cincinnatus
An Old Whig V
November 01, 1787
An Old Whig VI
November 2, 1787
Foreigner I
November 02, 1787
Federalist 3
November 03, 1787
John Jay
A Farmer, of New Jersey: Observations on Governmen...
November 03, 1787
Federalist 4
November 04, 1787
John Jay
John DeWitt III
November 05, 1787
John DeWitt
A Landholder 1
November 05, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Pennsylvania elects 69 delegates
November 06, 1787
An Officer of the Late Continental Army
November 06, 1787
Philadelphiensis I
November 07, 1787
Philadelphiensis
Centinel 3
November 08, 1787
Centinel
Brutus, Jr.
November 08, 1787
Brutus
Cato IV
November 08, 1787
Cato
Cincinnatus 2
November 08, 1787
Cincinnatus
Federalist 5
November 10, 1787
John Jay
Letter from George Washington to Alexander Hamilto...
November 10, 1787
George Washington
Letter from George Washington to Bushrod Washingto...
November 10, 1787
George Washington
Delaware calls for state convention
November 10, 1787
Massachusetts Centinel
November 10, 1787
Centinel
Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Convent...
November 12, 1787
A Landholder 2
November 12, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist 6
November 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
"Socius" Essay
November 14, 1787
Carlisle Gazette
Federalist 7
November 15, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Brutus 3
November 15, 1787
Brutus
Essay by A Georgian
November 15, 1787
Cincinnatus 3
November 15, 1787
Cincinnatus
A Countryman 1
November 15, 1787
Philo-Publius II
November 16, 1787
William Duer
An American: The Crisis
November 17, 1787
Centinel
A Landholder 3
November 19, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist 8
November 20, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist 9
November 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Atticus 3
November 22, 1787
Atticus
Cincinnatus 4
November 22, 1787
Cincinnatus
Brutus on Mason's Objections
November 22, 1787
Brutus
Federalist 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
Federalist 10
November 22, 1787
James Madison
A Countryman 2
November 22, 1787
Roger Sherman
Cato No. 5
November 22, 1787
Agrippa 1
November 23, 1787
Agrippa
Federalist 11
November 24, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention, November 24...
November 24, 1787
James Wilson
Timothy Pickering and the Letters from the Federal...
November 24, 1787
Charles Tillinghast
Remarks on the objections made by the Hon. ELBRIDG...
November 26, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
A Democratic Federalist, November 26, 1787
November 26, 1787
Tench Coxe
Federalist 12
November 27, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa 2
November 27, 1787
Agrippa
A Pennsylvania Farmer
November 27, 1787
New Jersey Elects 38 Delegates
November 27, 1787
Federalist 13
November 28, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
An Old Whig VII
November 28, 1787
Philadelphiensis II
November 28, 1787
Philadelphiensis
A Federal Republican: A Review of the Constitution
November 28, 1787
Maryland Farmer
November 28, 1787
Brutus 4
November 29, 1787
Philo-Publius III
November 29, 1787
William Duer
Maryland’s Constitutional Convention Delegates Add...
November 29, 1787
James McHenry
Speech to Maryland State House of Delegates
November 29, 1787
A Countryman 3
November 29, 1787
Federalist 14
November 30, 1787
James Madison
Letter from George Washington to David Stuart (178...
November 30, 1787
George Washington
Centinel 4
November 30, 1787
Centinel
Agrippa 3
November 30, 1787
Federalist 15
December 01, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philo-Publius IV
December 01, 1787
William Duer
Remarks on the Objections Made by the Hon. Elbridg...
December 03, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Agrippa 4
December 03, 1787
Letter from Tobias Lear to John Langdon (1787)
December 03, 1787
Tobias Lear
Federalist 16
December 04, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention
December 04, 1787
James Wilson
Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention, December 4,...
December 04, 1787
James Wilson
Centinel 5
December 04, 1787
Samuel Bryan
Georgia Elects 26 Delegates
December 04, 1787
Federalist 17
December 05, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphiensis III
December 05, 1787
Cincinnatus 6
December 06, 1787
’Z’
December 06, 1787
A Countryman 4
December 06, 1787
Federalist 18
December 07, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter from George Washington to James Madison (17...
December 07, 1787
George Washington
Delaware Ratifies 30-0
December 07, 1787
Thomas Collins
Delaware Ratifying Convention Meets
December 07, 1787
Federalist 19
December 08, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Landholder VI
December 10, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist 20
December 11, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa 5
December 11, 1787
Federalist 21
December 12, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
"Cato" Essay
December 12, 1787
Philadelphiensis IV
December 12, 1787
Pennsylvania ratifies 46-23
December 12, 1787
Finley, A. (1829) Pennsylvania. Philada. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688548/.
The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority...
December 12, 1787
Eleazer Oswald
Cato VI
December 13, 1787
Cato
Brutus 5
December 13, 1787
Brutus
Alfred
December 13, 1787
Federalist 22
December 14, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Letter from George Washington to Charles Carter (1...
December 14, 1787
George Washington
Agrippa 6
December 14, 1787
New Hampshire Calls for State Convention
December 14, 1787
A Landholder 7
December 17, 1787
Oliver Ellsworth
Federalist 23
December 18, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa 7
December 18, 1787
New Jersey Convention
December 18, 1787
The New Jersey Form of Ratification: 38-0
December 18, 1787
The Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of P...
December 18, 1787
Federalist 24
December 19, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphiensis V
December 19, 1787
Extract of a Letter From New York dated December 7...
December 19, 1787
Massachusetts Centinel
Anti-Cincinnatus
December 19, 1787
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (178...
December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
The Jefferson-Madison Exchange
March 15, 1789
James Madison
A Countryman 5
December 20, 1787
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (178...
December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist 25
December 21, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Reasons of Dissent from the Proposed Constitution
December 21, 1787
John Lansing
Federalist 26
December 22, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Atticus 4
December 22, 1787
A Landholder 8
December 24, 1787
Federalist 27
December 25, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Federal Farmer 6
December 25, 1787
Richard Henry Lee
Centinel 6
December 25, 1787
Centinel
Agrippa 8
December 25, 1787
One of the People: Antifederalist Arguments
December 25, 1787
Federalist 28
December 26, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Philadelphiensis VI
December 26, 1787
Brutus 6
December 27, 1787
Brutus
Centinel 7
December 27, 1787
Centinel
Genuine Information I
December 28, 1787
Luther Martin
Agrippa 9
December 28, 1787
Samuel Adams and the Constitution
December 28, 1787
Federalist 29
January 10, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
Centinel 8
December 29, 1787
Centinel
Federalist 30
December 30, 1787
Alexander Hamilton
America Essay
December 31, 1787
Noah Webster
"A Freeman" Essay to the People of Connecticut
December 31, 1787
Debate Regarding the Legislature
1787
James Madison
Debates on the Legislative Branch
December 31, 1787
Constitutional Convention
Federal Farmer 7
December 31, 1787
John DeWitt IV
December, 1787
John DeWitt
A Landholder 9
December 31, 1787
Federalist 31
January 01, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Agrippa 10
January 01, 1788
Genuine Information II
January 01, 1788
Luther Martin
Federalist 33
January 03, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Advertisement for the Pamphlet Edition of The Fede...
January 02, 1788
Federalist 32
January 03, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Cato VII
January 03, 1788
Cato
Brutus 7
January 03, 1788
Brutus
Federal Farmer 8
January 03, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Connecticut ratifying convention
January 03, 1788
Federal Farmer 9
January 04, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Oliver Ellsworth and William Samuel Johnson Speech...
January 04, 1788
Genuine Information III
January 04, 1788
Luther Martin
Federalist 34
January 04, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Elbridge Gerry: Defense of Conduct in Constitution...
January 05, 1788
Federalist 35
January 05, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Letter from George Washington to Edmund Randolph (...
January 07, 1788
George Washington
Federal Farmer 10
January 07, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Speeches in the Connecticut Convention
January 07, 1788
James Wadsworth
Resolutions of the Tradesmen of Boston
January 07, 1788
Federalist 36
January 8, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Genuine Information IV
January 08, 1788
Luther Martin
Centinel 9
January 08, 1788
Centinel
Agrippa 11
January 08, 1788
The Connecticut Convention Ratifies: 128-40
January 09, 1788
Speeches in the Connecticut Convention
January 09, 1788
Samuel Huntington
Letter from George Washington to James Madison (17...
January 10, 1788
George Washington
Brutus 8
January 10, 1788
Brutus
Federal Farmer 11
January 10, 1788
Philadelphiensis VII
January 10, 1788
Federalist 37
January 11, 1788
James Madison
Genuine Information V
January 11, 1788
Luther Martin
Agrippa XII Part 1
January 11, 1788
Federal Farmer 12
January 12, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Centinel 10
January 12, 1788
Centinel
Federal Farmer 13
January 14, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Agrippa XII Part 2
January 14, 1788
The Report of the New York’s Delegates to the Cons...
January 14, 1788
Federalist 38
January 15, 1788
James Madison
Speech to the Massachusetts Convention
January 15, 1788
Fisher Ames
Genuine Information VI
January 15, 1788
Luther Martin
The State Soldier Essay I
January 16, 1788
Centinel 11
January 16, 1788
Centinel
Federalist 39
January 16, 1788
James Madison
Brutus 9
January 17, 1788
Brutus
Federal Farmer 14
January 17, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federalist 40
January 18, 1788
James Madison
Federal Farmer 15
January 18, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Alfredus
January 18, 1788
Samuel Tenny
Genuine Information VII
January 18, 1788
Luther Martin
Agrippa XII Part 3
January 18, 1788
Federalist 41
January 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 42
January 22, 1788
James Madison
Genuine Information VIII
January 22, 1788
Luther Martin
Agrippa 13
January 22, 1788
Federalist 43
January 23, 1788
James Madison
A Freeman 1
January 23, 1788
Federal Farmer 16
January 23, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federal Farmer 17
January 23, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Centinel 12
January 23, 1788
Centinel
Philadelphiensis VIII
January 23, 1788
A Copy of a Letter from Centinel
January 23, 1788
Centinel
Brutus 10
January 24, 1788
Brutus
Federalist 44
January 25, 1788
James Madison
Agrippa XIV Part 1
January 25, 1788
Federal Farmer 18
January 25, 1788
Richard Henry Lee
Federalist 45
January 26, 1788
James Madison
Letter from Luther Martin to Thomas Cockey Deye (1...
January 27, 1788
Luther Martin
Genuine Information IX
January 29, 1788
Luther Martin
Agrippa 15
January 29, 1788
Federalist 46
January 29, 1788
James Madison
Agrippa XIV Part 2
January 29, 1788
A Freeman 2
January 30, 1788
Centinel 13
January 30, 1788
Centinel
Brutus 11
January 31, 1788
Brutus
New York Calls for a Ratification Convention
January 31, 1788
State (Colonial) Legislatures>New York State Assembly
Address by a Plebian
January, 1788
Federalist 47, Federalist 48, and Federalist 51
February 1, 1788
James Madison
New York Calls for a State Ratifying Convention
February 01, 1788
State (Colonial) Legislatures>New York State Senate
Federalist 48
February 01, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 49
February 05, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 50
February 05, 1788
James Madison
Letter from George Washington to James Madison (17...
February 05, 1788
George Washington
Centinel 14
February 05, 1788
Centinel
Agrippa 16
February 05, 1788
Agrippa
Federalist 51
February 6, 1788
James Madison
Massachusetts Ratifying Convention Proposed Amendm...
February 06, 1788
A Freeman 3
February 06, 1788
The State Soldier Essay II
February 06, 1788
Old Whig VIII
February 06, 1788
Massachusetts ratifies 187-168 with 9 proposed ame...
February 06, 1788
Letter from George Washington to Marquis de LaFaye...
February 07, 1788
George Washington
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Donald (...
February 07, 1788
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist 51
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 52
February 08, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 54
February 12, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 53
February 12, 1788
James Madison
Brutus XII (Part 2)
February 14, 1788
Brutus
Federalist 55
February 15, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
"Elihu" Essay
February 18, 1788
Federalist 56
February 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 57
February 19, 1788
James Madison
Federalist 58
February 20, 1788
James Madison
Brutus 13
February 21, 1788
Brutus
Sidney Essay No. 2
February 21, 1788
Federalist 59
February 22, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Centinel 15
February 22, 1788
Centinel
Federalist 60
February 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist 61
February 26, 1788
Alexander Hamilton
Centinel 16
February 26, 1788
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Call for state ratifying conventions by Confederation Congress

  • September 28, 1787
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Call for state ratifying conventions by Confederation Congress
Congress assembled present Newhampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Pensylvania. Delaware Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia and from Maryland Mr Ross

Congress having received the report of the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia

Resolved Unanimously that the said Report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in Order to be submitted to a convention of Delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the Convention made and provided in that case.

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