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

FAIN: RQ-279683-21

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
John Kaminski (Project Director: November 2020 to present)

Preparation for print publication of volumes 3, 4, and 5 on the ratification of the Bill of Rights and digital publication of supplemental documents. (36 months) 

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (DHRC) is one of the premier scholarly editing projects in the United States. Its mandate is to collect and publish the documentary record of the debate over the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights between 1787 and 1791. Copies of relevant documents have been collected from several thousand libraries, archives, historical societies, town clerk and county offices, and private collections. All books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, and magazines published during this period have been searched. Over 17,000 manuscripts and 48,000 newspaper items have been accessioned. All manuscript collections for the time period are searched. In addition to scholars, DHRC volumes are used by judges, lawyers, and politicians in shaping public law and policy. The volumes have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. district and appeals courts, and in many law reviews.

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The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution and the bill of rights Volume 41 Bill of Rights Vol. 5, The Public Debates (Book)
Title: The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution and the bill of rights Volume 41 Bill of Rights Vol. 5, The Public Debates
Editor: John Kaminski
Editor: Timothy D. Moore
Editor: Elizabeth M. Schoenleber
Editor: Anna M. Biermeier
Editor: Oindrila Chattopadhyay
Editor: Thomas H. Lienley
Editor: Sarah K. Danforth
Editor: Christopher S. Berry
Editor: Daniel J. Hoefs
Abstract: The fifth in a five-volume series examining the intense debate over the drafting and ratification of the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, No. 5 is the latest and final work in the landmark Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution series. The Bill of Rights series represents a profoundly important documentary record of the effort to protect human rights during the Revolutionary War Era. The volume includes state bills of rights and excerpts from state constitutions that protected rights, actions taken under the Articles of Confederation to protect rights, and the debate over rights in the Constitu­tional Convention of 1787, among a wealth of other docu­mentation. The series will greatly aid those interested in learning how Americans of the Founding generation established a strong federal system of government while at the same time safeguarding the rights of the people.
Year: 2025
Primary URL: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1483813475
Primary URL Description: World Cat
Secondary URL: https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's site
Access Model: Book with website that is open access PDF
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9781976600425
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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