Sources: Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 1st Congress, 1st Session, 790, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=001/llac001.db&recNum=394; Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 1st Congress, 1st Session, 798, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=001/llac001.db&recNum=399. August 18, 1789 The 9th
Sources: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 1 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911), https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/farrand-the-records-of-the-federal-convention-of-1787-vol-1#lf0544-01_head_107; Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison, a Member,
To the People of Connecticut. It is fortunate that you have been but little distressed with that torrent of impertinence and folly with which the newspaper politicians have overwhelmed many
We have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency a printed copy of the Constiution formed by the Federal Convention, to be laid before the legislature of the state. The
Observations the New Federal Constitution In order to form a good Constitution of Government, the legislature should be properly organized, and be vested with plenary powers for all the purposes
Observations on the Alterations Proposed as Amendments to the new Federal Constitution Six of the states have adopted the new constitution without proposing any alteration, and the most of those
