| The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 22: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: New York, No. 4 Volume 22 Contributor(s): Kaminski, John P. (Editor), Saladino, Gaspare J. (Editor), Leffler, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 087020372X ISBN-13: 9780870203725 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2008 Annotation: This is the fourth of five planned volumes documenting New York State's ratification of the Constitution. This particular volume includes the complete record of the state ratifying convention. In addition to the official journal and the proceedings and debates of the convention, the volume contains many documents never before published, including the voluminous notes of the secretary of the convention and several of the convention delegates, the correspondence of delegates and spectators at the convention, and the rich newspaper commentaries describing the day-by-day events in the convention. For the first time, historians will be able to see how the New York convention--dominated by a two-thirds majority of Antifederalists--came to adopt the Constitution. This documentary series is a research tool of remarkable power, an unrivaled reference work for historical and legal scholars, librarians, and students of the Constitution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Series: Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution |
| Physical Information: 1.69" H x 6.47" W x 9.21" (2.43 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volume XXII is the fourth of five volumes in this set, which covers New York State's public and private debates about the Constitution and the calling of the state ratifying convention. The volumes feature countless newspaper items and letters along with New York Ratification chronologies, lists of office holders, and extensive editors' notes. In 1787, after the Constitution was published, Antifederalists published a series of essays in New York newspapers, aggressively criticizing the document. Federalists quickly responded with their own series of essays, including the greatest defense and explanation of the Constitution, The Federalist, written by "Publius" (Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison). The debate had national implications as New York newspapers quickly became the main source of Federalist and Antifederalist propaganda. |