Published in Pennsylvania, Maryland newspapers, these eight essays argue a number of points, from the author’s concerns over the amendment process, to the assertion that only a small republic can protect individual liberties, and that an extended republic as proposed will necessarily trample on those rights. He also laments the lack of an explicit bill of rights – a ‘defect’ pointed out by many Antifederalists.

• An Old Whig I, October 12, 1787
• An Old Whig II, October 17, 1787
• An Old Whig III, October 20, 1787
• An Old Whig IV, October 27, 1787
• An Old Whig V, November 1, 1787
• An Old Whig VI, November 2, 1787
• An Old Whig VII, November 28, 1787
• An Old Whig VIII, February 6, 1788