Friday, June 1 | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
WILLIAM HOUSTOUN, from Georgia, took his seat. The Committee of the Whole proceeded to the seventh Resolution, that a National Executive be instituted, to be chosen by the National Legislature for the […]
Thursday, May 31 | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
WILLIAM PIERCE, from Georgia, took his seat. In the Committee of the Whole on Mr. RANDOLPH’S Resolutions, — The third Resolution, “that the National Legislature ought to consist of two branches,” was agreed […]
Wednesday, May 30 | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
ROGER SHERMAN, from Connecticut, took his seat. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. GORHAM was elected to the Chair by ballot. The propositions of Mr. […]
Tuesday, May 29 | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
In Convention, — JOHN DICKINSON and ELBRIDGE GERRY, the former from Delaware, the latter from Massachusetts, took their seats. The following rules were added, on the Report of Mr. WYTHE, […]
Monday, May 28 | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
In Convention, — From Massachusetts, NATHANIEL GORHAM and CALEB STRONG, OLIVER ELLSWORTH from Delaware, GUNNING BEDFORD from Maryland, JAMES McHENRY; from Pennsylvania, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, GEORGE CLYMER, THOMAS MIFFLIN, and JARED INGERSOLL, […]
May 14th & 25th | Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
Monday, May 14, 1787 Was the day fixed for the meeting of the Deputies in Convention, for revising the federal system of government. On that day a small number only […]
Letter from James Madison to Edward Everett
Source: “James Madison to [Edward Everett], 28 August 1830,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/99-02-02-2138. I have duly received your letter in which you refer to the “nullifying doctrine” advocated, as […]
Report of 1800, Virginia General Assembly
Source: “The Report of 1800, [7 January] 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0202. Whatever room might be found in the proceedings of some of the states, who have disapproved of […]
Virginia Resolutions
Source: “Virginia Resolutions, 21 December 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0128. Resolved, that the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution […]
Debate on Amendments to the Constitution
Sources: Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 1st Congress, 1st Session, 790, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=001/llac001.db&recNum=394; Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, 1st Congress, 1st Session, 798, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llac&fileName=001/llac001.db&recNum=399. August 18, 1789 The 9th […]