THE
DEBATES
IN THE SEVERAL
STATE CONVENTIONS,
ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,
AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
IN
1787.
TOGETHER WITH THE
JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,
LUTHER MARTIN’S LETTER,
YATES’S MINUTES,
CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS,
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF ’98–’99,
AND
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION.
IN FIVE VOLUMES.
VOL. IV.
SECOND EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.
COLLECTED AND REVISED FROM CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS,
By JONATHAN ELLIOT.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF CONGRESS
PHILADELPHIA:
J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1907.