The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Jonathan Elliot

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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Jonathan Elliot is a multi-volume 19th-century compilation of primary-source records from state ratifying conventions that provides a foundational documentary history of the framing and adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf documentary collection ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
multi-volume work ⓘ
primary-source compilation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Elliot's Debates ⓘ
author Jonathan Elliot ⓘ
compilationType documentary history ⓘ
compiler Jonathan Elliot ⓘ
contains primary-source documents related to ratification ⓘ
records of state ratifying convention debates ⓘ
speeches by delegates to state conventions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
documentType printed book series ⓘ
editor Jonathan Elliot ⓘ
fieldOfStudy American legal history ⓘ
American political development ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
focus debates over adoption of the Federal Constitution ⓘ
format multi-volume book ⓘ
genre legal history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
historicalEventDocumented ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered Framing and adoption of the United States Constitution ⓘ
importance foundational source for U.S. constitutional history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
primarySourcesIncluded convention proceedings ⓘ
statements by Federalists and Anti-Federalists ⓘ
transcripts of convention debates ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ
purpose to preserve and publish records of ratification debates ⓘ
relatedTo Anti-Federalist writings ⓘ
The Federalist Papers ⓘ
scope debates from several U.S. state conventions ⓘ
subject United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional history of the United States ⓘ
federalism in the United States ⓘ
political debates of the 1780s ⓘ
state ratifying conventions ⓘ
timeOfCompilation 19th century ⓘ
usedAs reference work in constitutional scholarship ⓘ
source for original understanding of the Constitution ⓘ
usedBy constitutional lawyers ⓘ
historians of the United States Constitution ⓘ
political scientists ⓘ

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Virginia Ratifying Convention → describedBySource → The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Jonathan Elliot ⓘ
John Church Hamilton → notableWork → History of the Republic of the United States of America, as Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries ⓘ
linked to: The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Jonathan Elliot