The papers of James Madison
Subtitle: purchased by order of the Congress, being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his reports of debates in the Federal Convention; now published from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State
By: by direction of the Joint Library Committee of the Congress, under the supervision of Henry D. Gilpin.
Contributors: Gilpin, Henry D. 1801-1860, ed.
Publisher: Langtree & O'Sullivan
Published: 1840
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
Notes: Paged continuously.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Prefatory note; title: The debate of 1776 on the Declaration of Independence and on a few Articles of Confederation, preserved by Thomas Jefferson; title: Letters of Mr. Madison preceding the debates of 1783; title: Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from November 4, 1782 to June 21,1783; title: Letters contemporary with, and subsequent to the debates of 1783; title: v. 2. Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to April 25, 1787; title: Correspondence during and subsequent to the debates in the Congress of the Confederation from February 15, 1787 to November 2,1788; title: Debates in the Federal Convention from Monday, May 14, 1787 to Monday, August 6, 1787; title: v. 3. Debates in the Federal Convention, from Tuesday, August 7, 1787 until its final adjournment, Monday, September 17, 1787; title: Appendix to the debates; title: References; title: Index.