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The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XVII, Commentaries on the Constitution, Public and Private: Volume 5, 1 April to 9 May 1788
By John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino; Senior Associate Editor: Richard Leffler; Associate Editor: Charles H. Schoenleber
Hardcover: $95.00
ISBN: 978-0-87020-275-9
494 pages, 6 x 9"
"The most important editorial project in the nation." -Leonard W. Levy, constitutional historian "Commentaries on the Constitution: Public and Private," a six volume set, is an integral but autonomous part of the 'Ratification' series. The documents in this volume present the day-by-day regional and national debates over the Constitution that took place in newspapers, magazines, broadsides, pamphlets, and private letters. This volume contains nearly 110 documents covering a six week period, April and May 1788, near the end of the struggle, but nonetheless demonstrating that debate remained rich and vigorous until the final moments. Browse the entire Ratification series
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