The Essential Bill of Rights Original

The Essential Bill of Rights: Original Arguments and Fundamental Documents provides the convenience of an affordable and accessible compilation of the original, essential documents and arguments that eventually led to the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States.

Preface

vii

Chapter 1: The Common Law and Covenanting Traditions

1

(66)

Magna Carta, 1215

8

(13)

Virginia Charter, 1606

21

(7)

The Mayflower Compact, 1620

28

(2)

Petition of Right, 1628

30

(3)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639

33

(5)

Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641

38

(3)

Maryland Act Concerning Religion, 1649

41

(3)

New Jersey Concessions, 1676

44

(4)

Pennsylvania Frame of Government, 1682

48

(9)

English Bill of Rights, 1689

57

(4)

Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701

61

(6)

Chapter 2: Elementary Books of Public Right

67

(70)

John Locke

Second Treatise, 1694

71

(16)

Algernon Sidney

Discourses, 1698

87

(11)

Thomas Gordon

Cato's Letters No. 38, 1721

98

(6)

Montesquieu

Spirit of the Laws, 1752

104

(14)

David Hume

Of the Original Contract, 1752

118

(9)

William Blackstone

Commentaries, 1765

127

(10)

Chapter 3: An Expression of the American Mind

137

(46)

James Otis

The Rights of British Colonies, 1764

141

(4)

Richard Bland

Rights of the Colonies, 1766

145

(4)

Samuel Adams

149

(4)

Untitled, 27 February 1769

149

(2)

Rights of the Colonists, 20 November 1772

151

(2)

John Tucker

An Election Sermon, 1771

153

(6)

Thomas Jefferson

Summary Views, 1774

159

(7)

First Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves, 1774

166

(4)

Edmund Burke

Conciliation with the Colonies, 1775

170

(5)

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

175

(8)

Notes on Debates in Congress, 2-4 July 1776

175

(5)

Bill for Abolition of Entails, 11-12 August 1776

180

(1)

Letter to Henry Lee, 8 May 1825

181

(1)

Letter to Roger Weightman, 26 June 1826

182

(1)

Chapter 4: A New and More Noble Course

183

(50)

Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution, 1776

188

(8)

New Jersey Constitution, 1776

196

(6)

Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights and Constitution, 1776

202

(13)

Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776

215

(3)

Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, 1780

218

(6)

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

224

(9)

Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance, 20 June 1785

225

(5)

Jefferson, Statute of Religious Liberty, 31 October 1785

230

(3)

Chapter 5: We Have Errors to Correct

233

(44)

Articles of Confederation, 1781

238

(8)

James Madison

Vices of the Political System, April 1787

246

(7)

The Northwest Ordinance, July 1787

253

(3)

Conventional History of the Constitution, Summer 1787

256

(21)

The Virginia Plan, 29 May

257

(2)

The New Jersey Plan, 15 June

259

(3)

Pinckney Proposals, 20 August

262

(1)

Committee of Style Report, 12 September

263

(2)

Gerry and Mason Proposal, 12 September

265

(1)

The Constitution, 17 September

265

(12)

Chapter 6: The General Voice Calls for a Bill of Rights

277

(82)

Federalists Defend Absence of a Bill of Rights

283

(3)

James Wilson

Substance of An Address, 6 October 1787

283

(3)

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist No. 84, 28 May 1788

286

(5)

Antifederalist Criticisms of the Constitution

291

(10)

George Mason's Objections, September 1787

291

(3)

Richard Henry Lee's Proposals, 16 October 1787

294

(1)

Brutus II, 1 November 1787

295

(6)

Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, October-December 1787

301

(10)

James Wilson, 28 October and 4 December

301

(3)

John Smilie and Robert Whitehall, 28 November

304

(4)

Dissent of the Minority, 18 December

308

(3)

New England and Virginia Ratifying Conventions, January-June 1788

311

(8)

Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, February 1788

311

(2)

New Hampshire Ratifying Convention, June 1788

313

(1)

Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 1788

314

(5)

Jefferson-Madison Correspondence I

319

(5)

Jefferson to Madison, 20 December 1787

320

(1)

Madison to Jefferson, 22 April 1788

321

(1)

Madison to Jefferson, 24 July 1788

322

(1)

Jefferson to Madison, 31 July 1788

323

(1)

Jefferson-Madison Correspondence II

324

(7)

Madison to Jefferson, 17 October 1788

325

(3)

Madison to Jefferson, 8 December 1788

328

(1)

Jefferson to Madison, 15 March 1789

329

(2)

Madison Argues for Constitutional Amendments, 8 June 1789

331

(13)

Congressional History of the Bill of Rights, 1789-1791

344

(15)

Report of the House Select Committee, 28 July 1789

345

(2)

House Debates Select Committee Report, 13-24 August 1789

347

(4)

House Approves Seventeen Amendments, 24 August 1789

351

(2)

First Congress Approves Twelve Amendments, 25 September 1789

353

(3)

Adoption of the First Ten Amendments, 15 December 1791

356

(3)

Bibliography

359

(6)

Index

365

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