Documentary history of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870
By: derived from the records, manuscripts, and rolls deposited in the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State
Series: LLMC Digital
Publisher: Department of State
Published: 1901
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Constitutional history; Sources; History; United States; Constitution (United States)
Notes: Imprint dates: volumes 1-2, 1894; volume 3, 1900.

Volumes were reprinted, according to a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate January 24, 1901, and by the House of Representatives February 9, 1901, and issued in a bureau edition and also in the Congressional series, as House doc. 529, 56th Cong., 2d sess.

Vol. III has an appendix (not included in the original edition) "Additional notes by Madison for the introduction to his notes of debates in the Federal convention" (p. 796a-796o); also, a "Special index" (p. 797-904).

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Table of contents: title: Vol. I. [pt.] I, Sept. 1893. The period preceding the convention that framed the Constitution. [pt.] II, Jan. 1894. The proceedings of the Federal convention.; title: vol. II. [pt.] III, May, 1894. The Constitution as signed in convention; proceedings in Congress; ratification. [pt.] IV, Sept. 1894. The amendments.; title: vol. III. [pt.] V, Oct. 1897. Madison's notes of the proceedings of the Federal convention.