The Origin of the Second Amendment
A Documentary History of the Bill of Rights
Second Edition
Edited by David E. Young
A Documentary History of the Bill of Rights
Second Edition
Edited by David E. Young
Preface | xiv |
| Editorial Method | xvi |
| Sources and Short Title List | xvii |
| Chronology | xx |
| Introduction | xxiii |
Documents Section | 1 |
| Federal Convention---Summer, 1787 | 2 |
| Federal Convention---August 18, 1787 | 2 |
| Federal Convention---August 20, 1787 | 6 |
| Federal Convention---August 21, 1787 | 7 |
| Federal Convention---August 23, 1787 | 7 |
| Foreign Spectator---September 11, 1787 | 11 |
| Federal Convention---September 12, 1787 | 11 |
| Federal Convention---September 14, 1787 | 12 |
| Federal Convention---September 15, 1787 | 13 |
| Federal Convention (proposed U. S. Constitution)---September 17, 1787 | 15 |
| Foreign Spectator---September 21, 1787 | 26 |
| Confederation Congress---September 27, 1787 | 27 |
| William Pierce (New York)---September 28, 1787 | 28 |
| James Madison (New York)---September 30, 1787 | 29 |
| Seceding Pennsylvania Assemblymen---October 2, 1787 | 30 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---October 2, 1787 | 31 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---October 5, 1787 | 31 |
| Centinel I---October 5, 1787 | 33 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---October 6, 1787 | 34 |
| George Mason---October 7, 1787 | 34 |
| Governor Edmund Randolph (Richmond)---October 10, 1787 | 35 |
| Foederal Constitution---October 10, 1787 | 37 |
| A Citizen of America {Noah Webster}---October 10, 1787 | 38 |
| A Citizen of Pennsylvania---October 12, 1787 | 41 |
| An Old Whig I---October 12, 1787 | 43 |
| Richard Henry Lee---October 16, 1787 | 44 |
| Impartial---October 16, 1787 | 45 |
| One of the People---October 17, 1787 | 45 |
| A Democratic Federalist---October 17, 1787 | 45 |
| An Old Whig II---October 17, 1787 | 48 |
| Elbridge Gerry (New York)---October 18, 1787 | 51 |
| An Old Whig III---October 20, 1787 | 51 |
| Louis Guillaume Otto (New York)---October 20, 1787 | 54 |
| An American Citizen IV {Tench Coxe}---October 21, 1787 | 54 |
| Louis Guillaume Otto---October 23, 1787 | 56 |
| Essay on Federal Sentiments---October 23, 1787 | 57 |
| A Citizen---October 24, 1787 | 57 |
| Centinel II---October 24, 1787 | 58 |
| New Haven Connecticut Journal---October 24, 1787 | 61 |
| Virginia House of Delegates---October 25, 1787 | 62 |
| An Old Constitutionalist---October 26, 1787 | 64 |
| A Confederationalist---October 27, 1787 | 64 |
| An Old Whig IV---October 27, 1787 | 66 |
| M.C.---October 27, 1787 | 68 |
| John De Witt II---October 27, 1787 | 69 |
| George Lee Turberville (Charleston)---October 28, 1787 | 71 |
| Arthur Lee (New York)---October 29, 1787 | 71 |
| Richmond Virginia Independent Chronicle---October 31, 1787 | 72 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---October 31, 1787 | 73 |
| New Haven Connecticut Journal---October 31, 1787 | 74 |
| Agricola---November 1, 1787 | 75 |
| An Old Whig V---November 1, 1787 | 75 |
| Cincinnatus I---November 1, 1787 | 77 |
| Brutus II---November 1, 1787 | 77 |
| Timoleon---November 1, 1787 | 83 |
| George Turner (Philadelphia)---November 6, 1787 | 83 |
| Argus---November 8, 1787 | 84 |
| A Citizen of Philadelphia {Pelatiah Webster}---November 8, 1787 | 85 |
| Centinel III---November 8, 1787 | 85 |
| Hugh Williamson---November 8, 1787 | 86 |
| Cincinnatus II---November 8, 1787 | 87 |
| Federal Farmer---November [8], 1787 | 89 |
| The Monitor---November 9, 1787 | 97 |
| Uncus---November 9, 1787 | 97 |
| Vox Populi---November 9, 1787 | 98 |
| Plain Truth---November 10, 1787 | 99 |
| R.S.---November 10, 1787 | 101 |
| William Grayson (New York)---November 10, 1787 | 101 |
| John Adams (London)---November 10, 1787 | 101 |
| James White (New York)---November 13, 1787 | 102 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---November 13, 1787 | 102 |
| One of the Late Army---November 14, 1787 | 103 |
| A Georgian---November 15, 1787 | 103 |
| Brutus III---November 15, 1787 | 104 |
| Cincinnatus III---November 15, 1787 | 104 |
| Publius {Alexander Hamilton}---November 20, 1787 | 105 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---November 21, 1787 | 107 |
| Cincinnatus IV---November 22, 1787 | 107 |
| A Citizen---November 24, 1787 | 108 |
| Preston, Connecticut---November 26, 1787 | 109 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---November 26, 1787 | 110 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---November 28, 1787 | 112 |
| An Old Whig VII---November 28, 1787 | 118 |
| A Federal Republican---November 28, 1787 | 119 |
| Brutus IV---November 29, 1787 | 122 |
| Agrippa III---November 30, 1787 | 123 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---November 30, 1787 | 123 |
| One of the Common People---December 3, 1787 | 127 |
| John De Witt V---December 3, 1787 | 129 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---December 4, 1787 | 135 |
| Publius {Alexander Hamilton}---December 4, 1787 | 136 |
| Cumberland County Petition---December 5, 1787 | 137 |
| Philadelphiensis III---December 5, 1787 | 138 |
| A True Friend---December 6, 1787 | 139 |
| Brutus---December 6, 1787 | 144 |
| Philanthropos---December 6, 1787 | 145 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---December 6, 1787 | 145 |
| "Z"---December 6, 1787 | 146 |
| James Madison (New York)---December 9, 1787 | 147 |
| A Landholder VI {Oliver Ellsworth}---December 10, 1787 | 147 |
| George Lee Turberville (Richmond)---December 11, 1787 | 148 |
| Thomas Johnson (Annapolis)---December 11, 1787 | 149 |
| One of the People---December 11, 1787 | 149 |
| Uriah Forrest (London)---December 11, 1787 | 149 |
| Pennsylvania Convention---December 12, 1787 | 150 |
| A Countryman---December 15, 1787 | 153 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---December 15, 1787 | 154 |
| Pennsylvania Minority---December 18, 1787 | 154 |
| Philadelphiensis V---December 19, 1787 | 176 |
| Jacob Trusty---December 19, 1787 | 176 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---December 20, 1787 | 177 |
| Robert Yates and John Lansing, Jr.---December 21, 1787 | 177 |
| Charles Nisbet (Carlisle)---December 25, 1787 | 178 |
| Cassius XI---December 25, 1787 | 178 |
| Philadelphiensis VI---December 26, 1787 | 179 |
| Publius {Alexander Hamilton}---December 26, 1787 | 182 |
| An American {Tench Coxe}---December 28, 1787 | 185 |
| America {Noah Webster}---December 31, 1787 | 186 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---December 31, 1787 | 186 |
| George Washington---January 1, 1788 | 187 |
| Marquis de Lafayette (Paris)---January 1, 1788 | 187 |
| An Old Soldier---January 4, 1788 | 188 |
| Samuel Osgood (New York)---January 5, 1788 | 188 |
| The Republican---January 7, 1788 | 188 |
| Centinel IX---January 8, 1788 | 191 |
| Indignatus---January 8, 1788 | 192 |
| Thomas B. Wait (Portland, Maine)---January 8, 1788 | 193 |
| Pennsylvania Carlisle Gazette---January 9, 1788 | 194 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---January 9, 1788 | 195 |
| Publius {Alexander Hamilton}---January 9, 1788 | 195 |
| Trusty---January 10, 1788 | 200 |
| Supreme Executive Council---January 10, 1788 | 201 |
| Samuel---January 10, 1788 | 202 |
| An Impartial Citizen--- January 10, 1788 | 203 |
| A Farmer---January 11, 1788 | 204 |
| Charles Johnson (Strawberry Hill, North Carolina)---January 14, 1788 | 207 |
| Agrippa XIII---January 14, 1788 | 207 |
| Nathaniel Barrell (Boston)---January 15, 1788 | 208 |
| The State Soldier I---January 16, 1788 | 209 |
| Philanthropos {Tench Coxe}---January 16, 1788 | 210 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---January 16, 1788 | 210 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---January 16, 1788 | 211 |
| South Carolina Legislature---January 18, 1788 | 215 |
| An Independent Freeholder---January 18, 1788 | 217 |
| Luther Martin---January 18, 1788 | 219 |
| An Old Militia Officer of 1776---January 18, 1788 | 221 |
| Agrippa XVII---January 21, 1788 | 222 |
| Massachusetts Convention---January 21, 1788 | 224 |
| A Countryman---January 22, 1788 | 224 |
| Helvidius Priscus---January 22, 1788 | 225 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---January 23, 1788 | 227 |
| Philadelphiensis VIII---January 23, 1788 | 227 |
| Massachusetts Convention---January 23, 1788 | 228 |
| Massachusetts Convention---January 24, 1788 | 230 |
| William Russell (Aspenville)---January 25, 1788 | 231 |
| Publius {James Madison}---January 25, 1788 | 231 |
| The Yeomanry of Massachusetts---January 25, 1788 | 232 |
| John Wilkes I---January 26, 1788 | 233 |
| Observator---January 26, 1788 | 233 |
| Publius {James Madison}---January 29, 1788 | 234 |
| Civis Rusticus---January 30, 1788 | 235 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gazette---January 30, 1788 | 237 |
| Franklin County Petition---January 30, 1788 | 238 |
| Aristides {Alexander Contee Hanson}---January 31, 1788 | 239 |
| A Watchman---February, 1788 | 242 |
| Columbian Patriot {Mercy Warren}---February, 1788 | 243 |
| Luther Martin---February 1, 1788 | 246 |
| Massachusetts Convention---February 1, 1788 | 246 |
| The Almanac-Maker---February 2, 1788 | 248 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---February 2, 1788 | 249 |
| Massachusetts Convention---February 4, 1788 | 249 |
| Marquis de Lafayette (Paris)---February 4, 1788 | 250 |
| William Russell---February 5, 1788 | 250 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania Herald---February 5, 1788 | 251 |
| Massachusetts Convention---February 5, 1788 | 251 |
| Agrippa XVIII---February 5, 1788 | 252 |
| The State Soldier II---February 6, 1788 | 253 |
| An Old Whig VIII---February 6, 1788 | 254 |
| Philadelphiensis IX---February 6, 1788 | 258 |
| Massachusetts Convention---February 6, 1788 | 260 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---February 6, 1788 | 264 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---February 7, 1788 | 264 |
| Anti-Foederalist Nos. I & II---February 8, 1788 | 264 |
| Candour---February 12, 1788 | 265 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---February 12, 1788 | 265 |
| A Farmer I---February 15, 1788 | 266 |
| George Nicholas (Charlottesville)---February 16, 1788 | 270 |
| William Fleming (Botetourt Co., Virginia)---February 19, 1788 | 270 |
| The Impartial Examiner---February 20, 1788 | 271 |
| A Pennsylvanian III {Tench Coxe}---February 20, 1788 | 275 |
| Deliberator---February 20, 1788 | 277 |
| Philadelphiensis X---February 20, 1788 | 277 |
| Alexander White---February 22, 1788 | 280 |
| Publius {Alexander Hamilton}---February 23, 1788 | 281 |
| Richard Henry Lee (Chantilly)---February 26, 1788 | 283 |
| The Impartial Examiner---February 27, 1788 | 285 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---February 27, 1788 | 286 |
| Reverend John Leeland---February 28, 1788 | 286 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---February 28, 1788 | 287 |
| Alexander White---February 29, 1788 | 288 |
| The Landholder X---February 29, 1788 | 289 |
| A Farmer II---February 29, 1788 | 289 |
| Hugh Henry Brackenridge---March 1, 1788 | 291 |
| The Impartial Examiner---March 5, 1788 | 292 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---March 5, 1788 | 294 |
| Winchester Virginia Gazette---March 7, 1788 | 295 |
| Philadelphiensis XI---March 8, 1788 | 296 |
| Philodemos---March 8, 1788 | 296 |
| One of the People---March 10, 1788 | 297 |
| Marcus---March 12, 1788 | 297 |
| James de Caledonia IV---March 12, 1788 | 298 |
| An Impartial Citizen---March 13, 1788 | 299 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---March 14, 1788 | 301 |
| Sommers---March 15, 1788 | 301 |
| Luther Martin---March 18, 1788 | 301 |
| A Ploughman---March 19, 1788 | 303 |
| Connecticut Norwich Packet---March 20, 1788 | 305 |
| A Farmer IV---March 21, 1788 | 305 |
| Luther Martin---March 21, 1788 | 305 |
| The Political Club (Danville, Kentucky)---March 22, 1788 | 307 |
| A Farmer V---March 25, 1788 | 308 |
| Tullius---March 26, 1788 | 309 |
| Luther Martin---March 28, 1788 | 310 |
| J. T. Chase & J. F. Mercer---April, 1788 | 312 |
| A Plebian---April, 1788 | 312 |
| A Farmer VI---April 1, 1788 | 328 |
| Massachusetts Delegates---April 9, 1788 | 328 |
| Aristocrotis---April [15], 1788 | 329 |
| George Lee Turberville (Epping, Richmond County)---April 16, 1788 | 335 |
| A Farmer---April 23, 1788 | 336 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gazette---April 23, 1788 | 336 |
| Albany Antifederal Committee---April 26, 1788 | 337 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---April 30, 1788 | 339 |
| John Francis Mercer---[May], 1788 | 340 |
| Federal Farmer---May, 1788 | 342 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---May 2, 1788 | 356 |
| Maryland Minority---May 6, 1788 | 356 |
| Richard Henry Lee (Westmoreland County)---May 7, 1788 | 361 |
| South Carolina Convention---May 20, 1788 | 363 |
| George Mason---May 26, 1788 | 365 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---May 27, 1788 | 366 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---June 3, 1788 | 367 |
| Virginia Convention---June 5, 1788 | 367 |
| Virginia Convention---June 6, 1788 | 374 |
| Virginia Convention---June 7, 1788 | 375 |
| A Militiaman---June 7, 1788 | 379 |
| George Mason (Richmond)---June 9, 1788 | 380 |
| Virginia Convention---June 9, 1788 | 380 |
| Virginia Convention---June 10, 1788 | 384 |
| Virginia Convention---June 11, 1788 | 385 |
| Denatus---June 11, 1788 | 387 |
| George Mason---[June 11, 1788] | 388 |
| Virginia Convention---June 12, 1788 | 390 |
| Sydney---June 13, 1788 | 396 |
| Cassandra---June 14, 1788 | 397 |
| A Freeman---June 14, 1788 | 398 |
| Virginia Convention---June 14, 1788 | 399 |
| Virginia Convention---June 16, 1788 | 417 |
| Virginia Convention---June 17, 1788 | 441 |
| Many---June 18, 1788 | 443 |
| Virginia Convention---June 19, 1788 | 443 |
| Robert Yates (Poughkeepsie)---June 21, 1788 | 444 |
| New Hampshire Convention---June 21, 1788 | 445 |
| James Madison (Richmond)---June 22, 1788 | 447 |
| Virginia Convention---June 24, 1788 | 448 |
| Virginia Convention---June 25, 1788 | 451 |
| A Delegate Who Has Catched Cold---June 25, 1788 | 455 |
| New York Journal---June 26, 1788 | 456 |
| Virginia Convention---June 27, 1788 | 456 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---June 27, 1788 | 463 |
| New York Convention---June 27, 1788 | 463 |
| New York Convention---July 2, 1788 | 464 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gazette---July 2, 1788 | 470 |
| Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Meeting July 3, 1788 | 471 |
| New York Convention---July 7, 1788 | 473 |
| Pennsylvania Carlisle Gazette---July 9, 1788 | 475 |
| New York Convention---July 10, 1788 | 476 |
| New York Convention---July 19, 1788 | 476 |
| Abraham Clark (New York)---July 23, 1788 | 479 |
| New York Convention---July 26, 1788 | 480 |
| New York Convention---July 28, 1788 | 488 |
| North Carolina Convention---July 28, 1788 | 490 |
| North Carolina Convention---July 29, 1788 | 493 |
| North Carolina Convention---July 30, 1788 | 496 |
| North Carolina Convention---July 31, 1788 | 501 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---July 31, 1788 | 502 |
| North Carolina Convention---August 1, 1788 | 503 |
| Abraham G. Lansing (Albany)---August 3, 1788 | 509 |
| Tench Coxe (Philadelphia)---August 5, 1788 | 510 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---August 12, 1788 | 510 |
| James Hanna (Newtown)---August 15, 1788 | 511 |
| Fayette County (Pennsylvania) Delegates---August 18, 1788 | 512 |
| Solon, jun.---August 23, 1788 | 512 |
| James Tilghman (Chestertown)---August 24, 1788 | 514 |
| Bucks County (Pennsylvania) Meeting | |
| August 25, 1788 | 514 |
| Solon---August 28, 1788 | 516 |
| A Friend to Amendments---August 28, 1788 | 517 |
| A Republican---September 1, 1788 | 517 |
| William Shippen, Jr. (Philadelphia)---September 2, 1788 | 518 |
| Harrisburg Convention---September 6, 1788 | 519 |
| Boston Massachusetts Centinel---September 6, 1788 | 524 |
| A Federal Correspondent---September 11, 1788 | 524 |
| A Marylander---September 12, 1788 | 525 |
| Providence Gazette---September 13, 1788 | 526 |
| A Republican---September 17, 1788 | 527 |
| Civis---September 19, 1788 | 527 |
| DeWitt Clinton (New York)---September 19, 1788 | 529 |
| Pittsburgh Gazette---September 20, 1788 | 530 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---September 20, 1788 | 532 |
| James Madison (New York)---September 21, 1788 | 532 |
| Abraham Yates, Jr. (New York)---September 22, 1788 | 533 |
| Governor Samuel Huntington (Connecticut)---September 23, 1788 | 533 |
| Federalism---September 26, 1788 | 534 |
| Richard Henry Lee (Chantilly)---October 15, 1788 | 538 |
| James Madison (New York)---October 17, 1788 | 538 |
| Charles Smith (Sudbury)---October 18, 1788 | 542 |
| James Madison (New York)---October 20, 1788 | 542 |
| Real Farmer---October 22, 1788 | 543 |
| Christian Farmer---October 23, 1788 | 543 |
| Theodorick Bland (Richmond)---October 23, 1788 | 545 |
| John Harris (Harrisburg)---October 28, 1788 | 546 |
| Virginia House of Delegates---October 29, 1788 | 546 |
| Charles Lee (Richmond)---October 29, 1788 | 547 |
| Honestus---October 30, 1788 | 548 |
| Virginia House of Delegates---October 31, 1788 | 550 |
| A Friend to the People---November 1, 1788 | 550 |
| James Madison (New York)---November 2, 1788 | 551 |
| Father Abraham---November 3, 1788 | 553 |
| Federal Republican Committee (New York)---November 4, 1788 | 554 |
| Foreign Spectator---November 7, 1788 | 556 |
| A Friend to Liberty and Union---November 7, 1788 | 556 |
| Annapolis Maryland Gazette---November 13, 1788 | 559 |
| Federal Republican Committee (New York)---November 13, 1788 | 560 |
| Virginia House of Delegates---November 14, 1788 | 561 |
| Centinel XXII---November 14, 1788 | 566 |
| Foreign Spectator---November 14, 1788 | 567 |
| Patrick Henry (Richmond)---November 15, 1788 | 571 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---November 18, 1788 | 572 |
| Alfred---November 19, 1788 | 572 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---November 22, 1788 | 573 |
| James Wilson---November 23, 1788 | 574 |
| William R. Davie---November 25, 1788 | 575 |
| David Humphreys (Mount Vernon)---November 29, 1788 | 575 |
| Jonathan Jackson (Newburyport)---December, 1788 | 575 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---December 4, 1788 | 579 |
| James Madison (Philadelphia)---December 8, 1788 | 579 |
| Governor George Clinton---December 11, 1788 | 580 |
| A Federal Republican---December 11, 1788 | 581 |
| Belasarius---December 15, 1788 | 583 |
| George Mason (Gunston Hall)---December 18, 1788 | 583 |
| John Francis Mercer---December 20, 1788 | 584 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---December 25, 1788 | 585 |
| Election Appeal for James Monroe---January, 1789 | 586 |
| Arthur Lee---January, 1789 | 587 |
| Aristides---January 1, 1789 | 588 |
| Adolphus---January 1, 1789 | 591 |
| James Madison (Orange)---January 2, 1789 | 594 |
| Samuel Sterett---January 2, 1789 | 595 |
| A Native of Baltimore---January 6, 1789 | 596 |
| Civis---January 6, 1789 | 597 |
| A True Federalist---January 7, 1789 | 598 |
| Thomas Rodney (Poplar Grove, Delaware)---January 10, 1789 | 601 |
| Elbridge Gerry (Cambridge)---January 12, 1789 | 601 |
| James Madison (Louisa)---January 13, 1789 | 602 |
| New York Assembly---January 20, 1789 | 604 |
| An Observer---January 22, 1789 | 606 |
| Elbridge Gerry---January 22, 1789 | 607 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---January 23, 1789 | 608 |
| James Madison---January 27, 1789 | 609 |
| New York Election Law---January 27, 1789 | 610 |
| Spectator---January 27, 1789 | 610 |
| Abraham Clark---February 4, 1789 | 611 |
| New York Assembly---February 4, 1789 | 612 |
| New York Assembly---February 5, 1789 | 624 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---February 9, 1789 | 626 |
| A. B.---February 13, 1789 | 626 |
| Baltimore Maryland Gazette---February 17, 1789 | 627 |
| A Republican---February 23, 1789 | 627 |
| Joshua Atherton (Amherst)---February 23, 1789 | 629 |
| Cassius---March 3, 1789 | 630 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---March 4, 1789 | 634 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---March 13, 1789 | 634 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---March 15, 1789 | 635 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---March 18, 1789 | 637 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---March 23, 1789 | 638 |
| Paine Wingate (New York)---March 25, 1789 | 639 |
| H.G.---April 7, 1789 | 639 |
| James Madison (New York)---April 8, 1789 | 640 |
| James Madison (New York)---April 12, 1789 | 640 |
| Republican Committee---April 21, 1789 | 641 |
| President George Washington---April 30, 1789 | 642 |
| House of Representatives---May 4, 1789 | 642 |
| House of Representatives---May 5, 1789 | 643 |
| House of Representatives---May 6, 1789 | 643 |
| James Madison (New York)---May 27, 1789 | 643 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---May 28, 1789 | 644 |
| President George Washington---[May 31, 1789] | 644 |
| James Madison---June 8, 1789 | 645 |
| House of Representatives---June 8, 1789 | 647 |
| William R. Davie---June 10, 1789 | 666 |
| Fisher Ames (New York)---June 11, 1789 | 667 |
| Fisher Ames (New York)---June 12, 1789 | 668 |
| William Grayson (New York)---June 12, 1789 | 668 |
| James Madison (New York)---June 13, 1789 | 669 |
| James Madison (New York)---June 15, 1789 | 669 |
| A Pennsylvanian {Tench Coxe}---June 18, 1789 | 670 |
| Tench Coxe (Philadelphia)---June 18, 1789 | 672 |
| James Madison (New York)---June 21, 1789 | 673 |
| Joseph Jones (Richmond)---June 24, 1789 | 673 |
| James Madison (New York)---June 24, 1789 | 673 |
| A Pennsylvanian {Tench Coxe}---June 30, 1789 | 674 |
| Hugh Williamson (Baltimore)---July 2, 1789 | 676 |
| One of the People---July 2, 1789 | 676 |
| Governor and Council of North Carolina---July 9, 1789 | 678 |
| House of Representatives---July 21, 1789 | 679 |
| Fisher Ames (New York)---July 23, 1789 | 679 |
| House of Representatives---July 28, 1789 | 680 |
| George Mason (Gunston Hall)---July 31, 1789 | 682 |
| James Madison (New York)---August 2, 1789 | 682 |
| Pierce Butler (New York)---August 11, 1789 | 683 |
| Fisher Ames (New York)---August 12, 1789 | 683 |
| House of Representatives---August 13, 1789 | 684 |
| House of Representatives---August 14, 1789 | 687 |
| House of Representatives---August 15, 1789 | 688 |
| House of Representatives---August 17, 1789 | 695 |
| House of Representatives---August 18, 1789 | 699 |
| House of Representatives---August 19, 1789 | 700 |
| James Madison (New York)---August 19, 1789 | 700 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---August 20, 1789 | 701 |
| House of Representatives---August 20, 1789 | 702 |
| James Madison (New York)---August 21, 1789 | 704 |
| James Madison (New York)---August 21, 1789 | 704 |
| Samuel Adams---August 22, 1789 | 704 |
| James Madison (New York)---August 24, 1789 | 705 |
| House of Representatives---August 24, 1789 | 706 |
| Samuel Adams---August 24, 1789 | 708 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Paris)---August 28, 1789 | 709 |
| United States Senate---September 4, 1789 | 710 |
| George Mason (Gunston Hall)---September 8, 1789 | 710 |
| Centinel, Revived, No. XXIX---September 9, 1789 | 711 |
| United States Senate---September 9, 1789 | 712 |
| James Madison (New York)---September 14, 1789 | 712 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---September 14, 1789 | 713 |
| Archibald Maclaine (Wilmington, North Carolina)---September 17, 1789 | 714 |
| State Gazette of North Carolina---September 24, 1789 | 714 |
| United States Congress---September 26, 1789 | 715 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---September 27, 1789 | 717 |
| William Grayson (New York)---September 29, 1789 | 717 |
| President George Washington (New York)---October 2, 1789 | 718 |
| New York Gazette of the United States---October 14, 1789 | 719 |
| James Madison (Orange)---November 20, 1789 | 719 |
| New Jersey Council---November 20, 1789 | 720 |
| Hardin Burnley (Richmond)---November 28, 1789 | 720 |
| Hardin Burnley (Richmond)---[December] 5, 1789 | 721 |
| James Madison (Orange)---December 5, 1789 | 722 |
| Virginia Senate---December 12, 1789 | 722 |
| John Dawson (Richmond)---December 17, 1789 | 725 |
| Maryland Senate---December 19, 1789 | 726 |
| Edward Carrington (Richmond)---December 20, 1789 | 726 |
| Governor Alexander Martin---December 22, 1789 | 727 |
| North Carolina General Assembly---December 22, 1789 | 728 |
| Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer---December 28, 1789 | 728 |
| Philadelphia Pennsylvania Packet---December 29, 1789 | 728 |
| Philadelphia Federal Gazette---January 5, 1790 | 729 |
| President George Washington---January 8, 1790 | 729 |
| South Carolina Senate---January 19, 1790 | 730 |
| New Hampshire Legislature---January 25, 1790 | 730 |
| Delaware Legislature---January 28, 1790 | 730 |
| Governor John Hancock---January 28, 1790 | 731 |
| New York Senate---February 24, 1790 | 732 |
| Pennsylvania General Assembly---March 10, 1790 | 732 |
| Governor Arthur Fenner (Rhode Island)---May 20, 1790 | 732 |
| Rhode Island Convention---May 29, 1790 | 733 |
| Richard Henry Lee (New York)---June 10, 1790 | 739 |
| Rhode Island General Assembly---June [15], 1790 | 739 |
| Thomas Jefferson (Philadelphia)---December 4, 1790 | 740 |
| A Farmer---January 29, 1791 | 741 |
| Vermont General Assembly---November 3, 1791 | 742 |
| Virginia Senate---December 15, 1791 | 742 |
| Thomas Jefferson---March 1, 1792 | 742 |
| Philadelphia Freeman's Journal---March 14, 1792 | 743 |
Appendix A: | |
| The State Bills of Rights and Related Constitutional Provisions | 747 |
| Virginia Bill of Rights---June 12, 1776 | 747 |
| New Jersey Constitution---July 3, 1776 | 749 |
| Delaware Declaration of Rights---September 11, 1776 | 750 |
| Pennsylvania Constitution---September 28, 1776 | 752 |
| Maryland Declaration of Rights---November 11, 1776 | 755 |
| North Carolina Constitution---December 18, 1776 | 761 |
| Georgia Constitution---February 5, 1777 | 763 |
| New York Constitution---April 20, 1777 | 764 |
| Vermont Constitution---July 8, 1777 | 765 |
| South Carolina Constitution---March 19, 1778 | 768 |
| Massachusetts Constitution---October 25, 1780 | 769 |
| New Hampshire Bill of Rights---June 2, 1784 | 775 |
Appendix B: | |
| Bills of Rights Provisions Comparison Chart | 781 |
Appendix C: | |
| Popular Support for the Constitution and a Bill of Rights | 784 |
Supplement | 788 |
Index | 803 |
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