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Federalists and antifederalists : the debate over the ratification of the Constitution / edited by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler.

Kaminski, John P. (Added Author). Leffler, Richard. (Added Author).

Summary:

Examines six issues in the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1787-1788, using documents by eighteenth-century writers, both antifederalists and federalists, to look at the House of Representatives, the Senate, the President, the Judiciary, the Bill of Rights, and the nature of republican government.

Record details

ISBN: 0945612575 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0945612583 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xi, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : Madison House, 1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Constitution and the Nature of Republican Government -- Antifederalist -- Brutus I, New York Journal, 18 October 1787 -- Cato III, New York Journal, 25 October 1787 -- An Old Whig IV, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 27 October 1787 -- Federalist -- James Wilson Speech, Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 24 November 1787 -- Publius: The Federalist 39, New York Independent Journal, 16 January 1788 -- Publius: The Federalist 10, New York Daily Advertiser, 22 November 1787 -- Edmund Randolph Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 6 June 1788 -- Francis Corbin Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 7 June 1788 -- Edmund Randolph Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 10 June 1788 -- The House of Representatives -- Luther Martin: Genuine Information, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 1 January 1788 -- George Mason Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4 June 1788 -- Patrick Henry Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 5 June 1788 -- An American Citizen III, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 29 September 1787 -- Publius: The Federalist 35, New York Independent Journal, 5 January 1788 -- Publius: The Federalist 52, New York Packet, 8 February 1788 -- Publius: The Federalist 53, New York Independent Journal, 9 February 1788 -- Publius: The Federalist 55, New York Independent Journal, 13 February 1788 -- Publius: The Federalist 56, New York Independent Journal, 16 February 1788 -- The Senate -- Federal Farmer, c. 8 November 1787 -- Cincinnatus IV, New York Journal, 22 November 1787.