papers of James Madison
Subtitle: purchased by order of Congress; being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation and his reports of debates in the Federal convention
By: now published from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State, by direction to the Joint Library Committee of Congress, under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin.
Contributors: Gilpin, Henry D. 1801-1860.
Publisher: A. Mygatt
Published: 1842
Place of publication: Mobile
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Prefatory note. The debates in 1776 on the Declaration of Independence, and on a few of the Articles of Confederation, preserved by Thomas Jefferson. Letters of Mr. Madison preceding the debates of 1783. Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from November 4, 1782, to June 21, 1783. Letters contemporary with, and subsequent to, the debates of 1783.; title: v. 2 Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19th, 1787, to April 25th, 1787. Correspondence during and subsequent to the debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 15, 1787, to November 2d, 1788. Debates in the Federal convention, from Monday, May 14th, 1787, to Monday, August 6th, 1787.; title: v. 3. Debates in the Federal convention, from Tuesday, August 7th, 1787, until its final adjournment, Monday, September 17th, 1787. Appendix to the debates. References. Index.