Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention, 1787


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One of the most important collections of documents pertaining to the formation of the Constitution of the United States. Notes on the convention taken by Robert Yates, Chief Justice of New York, and copied by John Lansing, Jun. Esquire, late chancellor of that state, members of that convention. Including "The Genuine Information, " laid before the Legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin, Esquire, then attorney-general of that state, and member of the same convention. James Madison thought that Yates and Martin "appear to have reported in angry terms what they observed with jaundiced eyes." It must be added that in many particulars Yates' notes were fuller than Madison's own. Luther Martin's Genuine Information is a general summary of the course of the Debates, with a running criticism on the provisions of the Constitution. Also contains an appendix with documents by Edmund Randolf, and others.




Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention


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Assembled at Philadelphia, in the 1787. For the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America.







Congressional Record


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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)










The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature, with a Copious Index


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Excerpt from The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature, With a Copious Index: Tenth Congress, First Session, Comprising the Period From October 26, 1807, to April 25, 1808, Inclusive Mr. Amen said it would be recollected by the House, that he had for some time taken so kind of notice of what had fallen from the gentle man from Kentucky (mr. Rowsn, ) considering everything which had fallen from him as the echo of others. He should not now have condescended to notice him but for his personal attack upon him last eveni which Mr. A. Said he had at tempted to repe in the way it merited. He had no objection to 'oin issue with the tleinan and never regard w t he mi ht berea say. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.