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Roger Sherman: Countryman II
Countryman IIRoger ShermanThursday, November 22, 1787To the People of Connecticut. It is fortunate that you have been but little distressed with that torrent of impertinence and folly, with…Roger Sherman: Countryman III
Countryman IIIRoger ShermanThursday, November 29, 1787To the People of Connecticut The same thing once more—I am a plain man, of few words; for this reason perhaps it is, that when I have…Roger Sherman: Countryman IV
Countryman IVRoger ShermanThursday, December 6, 1787To the People of Connecticut If the propriety of trusting your government in the hands of your representatives was now a perfectly new…Roger Sherman: Countryman V
Countryman VRoger ShermanTuesday, December 20, 1787To the People of Connecticut You do not hate to read Newspaper Essays on the new constitution, more than I hate to write them. Then we will…Hugh Williamson: Remarks on the New Plan of Government
Remarks on the New Plan of GovernmentHugh Williamson1788 Though I am conscious that a subject of the greatest magnitude must suffer in the hands of such an advocate, I cannot refuse, at the…The Other Federalists
Though the Federalist Papers are well known as a primary statement of the principles and purposes of the proposed United States Constitution, there were many writers other than John Jay,…James Wilson: Speech of James Wilson
Speech of James WilsonJames Wilson6 October 1787Abstract The Pennsylvania State Legislature was in session when the new Constitution was proposed, so the ratification campaign proceeded…Part IV. A Landholder
When the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, Oliver Ellsworth represented Connecticut and took an active part in the proceedings. During debate on the Great Compromise,…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder I
Landholder IOliver Ellsworth5 November 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land. The writer of the following passed the first part of his life in mercantile employments, and by Industry and…Oliver Ellsworth: Landholder II
Landholder IIEnergetic GovernmentOliver EllsworthNovember 12, 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land.Gentlemen, You were told in the late war that peace and Independence would reward your…Trending
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