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The Harrisburg Convention Attempts to Amend the Constitution
- Introduction
- Cumberland County Meeting: Proceedings and Resolutions, 3 July 1788
- Cumberland County Circular Letter, 3 July 1788
- Germantown, Pa., Antifederalist Meeting, 14 August 1788
- James Hanna to John Vandegrift, Nathan Vansant, and Jacob Vandegrift, Newtown, Bucks County, Pa., 15 August 1788
- Fayette County, Pa.: Certificate of Election of Delegates to Harrisburg Convention, 18 August 1788
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 20 August 1788
- Robert Galbraith et al. to President Benjamin Franklin, Huntingdon, Pa., 23 August 1788
- Bucks County, Pa., Meeting, Pennsylvania Packet, 25 August 1788
- “A.B.,” Pennsylvania Gazette, 27 August 1788
- Thomas McKean to Robert Magaw, Philadelphia, 28 August 1788
- William Shippen, Jr., to Thomas Lee Shippen, Philadelphia, 2 September 1788
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 September 1788
- Harrisburg Convention: Proceedings, Resolutions, and Petition, 3–6 September 1788
- Benjamin Lincoln to Theodore Sedgwick, Boston, 7 September 1788
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 10 September 1788
- Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence to Timothy Pickering, 11 September 1788
- New York Packet, 12 September 1788
- A Word to the Wise, Pennsylvania Mercury, 13 September 1788
- James Madison to George Washington, New York, 14 September 1788
- Richard Peters to George Washington, Philadelphia, 17 September 1788
- A Freeman, Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 September 1788
- Civis, Pennsylvania Packet, 19 September 1788
- A Despiser of Demagogues, Would-be-ats, and Wheelbarrow-men, Pennsylvania Mercury, 20 September 1788
- Pittsburgh Gazette, 20 September 1788
- Cassius, Philadelphia Federal Gazette, 9 October 1788
The Idea of a Second Constitutional Convention to Amend the Constitution
Before Ratification of the Constitution, 12 September 1788–21 June 1788
- Introduction
- The Constitutional Convention, A Second General Convention, and A Bill of Rights, 12–15 September 1787
- Richard Henry Lee to Samuel Adams, New York, 5 October 1787
- Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 23 October 1787
- An Old Whig IV, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 27 October 1787
- An Old Whig VII, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 28 November 1787
- An American, Boston Independent Chronicle, 30 November 1787
- An Impartial Citizen, Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 10 January 1788
- Valerius, Richmond Virginia Independent Chronicle, 23 January 1788
- Aristides: Remarks on the Proposed Plan of a Federal Government, Annapolis Maryland Gazette, 31 January 1788
- George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., Va., 7 February 1788
- James Madison to George Nicholas, Orange Co., Va., 8 April 1788
- James Madison to Edmund Randolph, Orange Co., Va., 10 April 1788
- A Citizen of New-York: An Address to the People of the State of New York, New York Packet, 15 April 1788
- A Plebeian: An Address to the People of the State of New York, 17 April 1788
- Cassius III: To Richard Henry Lee, Esquire, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 23 April 1788
- Fabius VIII, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Mercury, 29 April 1788
- Charles Pettit to Robert Whitehill, Philadelphia, 5 June 1788
After Ratification of the Constitution by the Ninth State (New Hampshire, 21 June 1788)
- New York Ratifies the Constitution, 26 July 1788
- New York Circular Letter, 26 July, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 5 August 1788
- Virginia Calls a Second Constitutional Convention, 30 October–20 November 1788
- Virginia House of Delegates Resolutions on a Second Convention, 30 October 1788
- Virginia Legislature Application to Congress, 20 November 1788
- Virginia Legislature to Governor George Clinton, 20 November 1788
- Virginia Legislature to the State Executives, 20 November 1788
- New York Legislature Recommends the Calling of a Second Constitutional Convention, 4 February–5 May 1789
- New York Assembly: Resolution Applying to Congress to Call a General Convention to Amend the Constitution, 5–7 February 1789
- George Clinton to the Governor of the State of Virginia, New York, 5 May 1789
- James Madison Speech: House of Representatives, 8 June 1789