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

FAIN: RQ-50357-09

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
John Kaminski (Project Director: November 2008 to June 2012)

This project will complete previous work on the Rhode Island volumes 1 and 2, and prepare for publication of two North Carolina volumes.

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-one volumes of an anticipated twenty-eight volumes have been published. During this grant cycle the two Rhode Island volumes will be published. Progress will be made on the first of two volumes of North Carolina documents.

Associated Products

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXIV: Ratification of the Constitution by the States, Rhode Island (Book)
Title: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume XXIV: Ratification of the Constitution by the States, Rhode Island
Editor: Sarah K. Danforth
Editor: John P. Kaminski
Editor: Charles H. Schoenleber
Editor: Gaspare J. Saladino
Editor: Richard Leffler
Editor: Jonathan M. Reid
Editor: Margaret R. Flamingo
Editor: Patrick T. Conley
Editor: Timothy D. Moore
Abstract: This is the first of three volumes documenting Rhode Island's public and private debates about the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool and reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution.
Year: 2011
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/documentary-history-of-the-ratification-of-the-constitution-ratification-of-the-constitution-by-the-states-rhode-island-no-1/oclc/757475393&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=384
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780870204685

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