The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Adoption of the Bill of Rights

FAIN: RQ-230380-15

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
John Kaminski (Project Director: December 2014 to December 2019)

Preparation for publication of three volumes of documents concerning the ratification of the United States Constitution in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, and North Carolina. (36 months)

Thousands of libraries, historical societies, government offices, private collections and all newspapers, books, pamphlets, and broadsides of the period 1787 to 1791 have been searched for documents relating to the adoption of the Constitution of 1787 and the drafting and adoption of the Bill of Rights. These documents are arranged and edited for publication in book form. All documents in the volumes and all supplemental documents not included in the volumes will be placed online with the University of Virginia Press' Rotunda. Twenty-six volumes of an anticipated thirty volumes have been published. During this grant cycle the volumes containing ratification by South Carolina and New Hampshire/Vermont will be published. All of the volumes and supplemental documents will also be placed online on the University of Wisconsin-Madison library website.

Associated Products

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVII: Ratification of The Constitution by the States, South Carolina (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVII: Ratification of The Constitution by the States, South Carolina
Editor: Anna M. Biermeier, Editorial Assistant
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Editor: Michael E. Stevens
Editor: Charles H. Schoenleber
Editor: Gaspare J. Saladino
Editor: Jonathan M. Reid
Editor: Margaret R. Flamingo
Editor: David P. Fields
Editor: Timothy D. Moore
Editor: Sarah K. Danforth, Editorial Assistant
Abstract: This is the first of two volumes documenting South Carolina's public and private debates about the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/documentary-history-of-the-ratification-of-the-constitution/oclc/1365137&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=503
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Print book
Publisher: Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780870207570
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVIII: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: New Hampshire (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVIII: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: New Hampshire
Editor: John P Kaminski; Gaspare J Saladino
Abstract: The Ratification of the Constitution by the States: New Hampshire & Vermont is the twenty eighth volume in the ongoing Wisconsin Historical Society Press series, "The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution." Edited by Constitutional scholar John P. Kaminski and others, this volume documents the public and private debates that took place in the late 1780s through early 1790s as each former colony worked to ratify the new U.S. Constitution. Here, Kaminski compiles and shares the documents of the debates in Vermont and New Hampshire. Each book, and the series itself, is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, students of the Constitutions, and Americans.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=538
Primary URL Description: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Secondary URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN.html
Secondary URL Description: UVA Press Rotunda Digital Access point (by subscription)
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 0870208233
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVII: Ratification of The Constitution by the States, Confederation Congress and Vermont (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXVII: Ratification of The Constitution by the States, Confederation Congress and Vermont
Author: Kaminski, John
Author: Schoenleber, Charles H.
Author: Gaspare J.
Author: Reid, Jonathan M.
Editor: Kaminski, John
Abstract: This volume, XXIX, details the public and private ratification debates in Vermont and in the Confederation Congress. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution. The United States Constitution was signed by representatives of the first states in the United States of America, during the Federal Convention of 1787, it was only the beginning of what proved to be an arduous state-by-state ratification process. The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Series is a reference collection that aims to preserve the state-by-state debates about the ratification of The United States Constitution.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1365137
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=567
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: print book
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780870208676
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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