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Tables of Contents for The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
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Introduction
1
1
The Revolutionary Background of American Constitutional Thought
1
5
Republicanism in the 1780s
6
2
Political Currents of the 1780s
8
2
The Federal Convention of 1787
10
2
The Ratification Contest
12
3
Federalist Principles
15
1
Anti-federalist Political Thought
16
5
Arrangement, Use, and Editing of the Documents
21
3
List of Plans, Proposals, and Amendments
24
1
Chronology of Documents and Important Events
25
2
Summary of Opposed Arguments in Federalist and Anti-federalist Writings
27
4
Part I THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787
James Madison to George Washington (April 16, 1787)
31
4
The Virginia Plan (May 29)
35
4
Edmund Randolph
Debate on Representation (May 31)
39
3
Roger Sherman
Elbridge Gerry
George Mason
James Wilson
James Madison
Debate on Executive Power (June 1)
42
1
Wilson
John Rutledge
Sherman
Gerry
Randolph
Opposition to Executive Salaries (June 2)
43
4
Benjamin Franklin
Opposition to a Unitary Executive (June 4)
47
2
Mason
Electing Representatives (June 6)
49
5
Gerry
Wilson
Sherman
Mason
Madison
John Dickinson
Debate on Method of Electing Senators (June 7)
54
4
Sherman
Charles Pinckney
Dickinson
Wilson
George Read
Madison
Gerry
Debate on Veto of State Laws (June 8)
58
4
Pinckney
Madison
Hugh Williamson
Gerry
Sherman
Wilson
Dickinson
Gunning Bedford
Pierce Butler
The New Jersey Plan (June 15)
62
3
William Paterson
Debate on the New Jersey Plan (June 16)
65
5
Paterson
Wilson
Randolph
Plan for National Government (June 18)
70
9
Alexander Hamilton
Opposition to the New Jersey Plan (June 19)
79
7
Madison
Debate on Federalism (June 21)
86
3
William S. Johnson
Wilson
Madison
Length of Term in Office for Senators (June 26)
89
3
Madison
Sherman
Read
Hamilton
Debate on State Equality in the Senate (June 28-July 2)
92
17
Madison
Johnson
Oliver Ellsworth
Wilson
Rufus King
Hamilton
Bedford
Gouverneur Morris
Majority Rule the Basic Republican Principle (July 5, 13, 14)
109
5
Madison
Wilson
Election and Term of Office of the National Executive (July 17, 19)
114
6
Morris
Sherman
Wilson
Pinckney
Mason
Madison
Gerry
The Judiciary, the Veto, and Separation of Powers (July 21)
120
5
Wilson
Nathaniel Gorham
Ellsworth
Madison
Mason
Gerry
Caleb Strong
Morris
Luther Martin
Appointment of Judges (July 21)
125
2
Madison
Pinckney
Randolph
Ellsworth
Morris
Gerry
Mason
Method of Ratification (July 23)
127
3
Mason
Ellsworth
Madison
Election of the Executive (July 24, 25)
130
4
Gerry
Strong
Williamson
Ellsworth
Wilson
Madison
First Draft of the Constitution (August 6)
134
11
Rutledge
Chairman
Qualifications for Suffrage (August 7, 10)
145
11
Wilson
Morris
Ellsworth
Mason
Madison
Franklin
John F. Mercer
Rutledge
Pinckney
Citizenship for Immigrants (August 9)
156
3
Morris
Ellsworth
Pinckney
Mason
Madison
Butler
Franklin
Randolph
Wilson
Executive Veto Power (August 15)
159
1
Morris
Sherman
Wilson
Slavery and the Constitution (August 21, 22)
160
5
Martin
Rutledge
Ellsworth
Pinckney
Sherman
Mason
Charles C. Pinckney
Abraham Baldwin
Wilson
Gerry
Dickinson
Williamson
King
John Langdon
Election and Powers of the President (Sept. 4, 5, 6)
165
6
Morris
Mason
Butler
Pinckney
Williamson
Baldwin
Wilson
Randolph
George Clymer
Hamilton
Opposition to the Constitution (Sept. 7, 10, 15)
171
5
Mason
Randolph
Gerry
Signing the Constitution (Sept. 17)
176
7
Franklin
Gorham
George Washington
Randolph
Morris
Williamson
Hamilton
William Blount
Gerry
Part II RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
Speech of James Wilson (October 6, 1787)
183
6
The Need for Energy in Government (Explained in Federalist Numbers 1--8, 15--32, 34--36, 73--77)
189
1
``John DeWitt,'' Essays I and II (Oct. 22 and 27, 1787)
189
10
Speeches of Patrick Henry (June 5 and 7, 1788)
199
18
Amendments Proposed by Massachusetts and Virginia Anti-federalists (Feb. 7 and June 27, 1788)
217
5
Amendments to the Constitution (June 27, 1788)
222
3
Amendments Proposed by The Rhode Island Convention (March 6, 1790)
225
1
Preventing Tyranny under the New Constitution (Explained in Federalist Numbers 9--14, 33, 37--51, 78--85)
226
1
``Centinel,'' Number I (Oct. 5, 1787)
227
10
Address of the Pennsylvania Minority (Dec. 18, 1787)
237
19
Letters from the Federal Farmer, I and II (Oct. 8 and 9, 1787)
256
13
``Brutus,'' Essays I, VI, X--XII, and XV (Oct. 18 and Dec. 27, 1787; Jan. 24 and 31, Feb. 7, and March 20, 1788)
269
40
The Meaning of Government by Consent (Explained in Federalist Numbers 57--72)
309
2
``John DeWitt,'' Essay III (Nov. 5, 1787)
311
6
``Cato,'' Letters V and VII (Nov. 22, 1787; Jan. 3, 1788)
317
7
``Brutus,'' Essays IV and XVI (Nov. 29, 1787 and April 10, 1788)
324
12
Speeches of Melancton Smith (June 20--27, 1788)
336
21
Appendix I: The Articles of Confederation 1777 (1781)
357
8
Appendix II: The Constitution of the United States of America
365
22
Appendix III: Principal Speakers at the Federal Convention of 1787
387
2
Annotated Bibliography
389
4
Index of Ideas
393