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Title
The Debates, resolutions, and other proceedings, in convention, on the adoption of the federal Constitution : as recommended by the general convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th of September, 1787: with the yeas and nays on the decision of the main question / collected and revised, from contemporary publications, by Jonathan Elliot ...
Call Number
KF4520.A2 D433 1827
Lapidus 5.1070
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcqv33s6826
Language
English
Date Created
1827-1830
Format
Book
Extent
4 v. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
Princeton copy 2 Lapidus copy has booklabel 'Marietta Library' (i.e. the social library found in Marietta, Ohio in 1829).
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 2 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
Sabin 22232.
Shoemaker 28775.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
V. 1, "Containing the debates in Massachusetts and New York"
v. 2, "Containing the debates in the commonwealth of Virginia"
v. 3, "Containing the debates in the states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania"
v. 4, Supplementary to the state Conventions.
Notes
Title of v. 4: Journal and debates of the Federal convention, held at Philadelphia from May 14, to September 17, 1787. With the Constitution of the United States, illustrated by the opinions of twenty successive Congresses ... With full indexes ... By Jonathan Elliot. Vol.IV. (Supplementary to the State conventions, in 3 vol., on adopting the federal Constitution).
A fifth vol. was published in 1845, with title: Debates on the adoption of the federal Constitution in the convention held at Philadelphia, in 1787; with a diary of the debates of the Congress of the Confederation; as reported by James Madison ... Revised ... by Jonathan Elliot ... Vol. V. Supplementary to Elliot's Debates ...
Includes indexes.

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4

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Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5e5c02f0-dcdf-4116-84ba-9b9a5df5fa0d/manifest