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One of the most influential documents ever written, the U.S. Constitution delineates not only the basic structure of the entire federal government, but also limns the democratic principles and philosophies that made the American experiment such a radical departure from other countries. This version contains the original seven Articles

8 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Ramsay by Evans.

19, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (4to) ; Signed on p. 19: A citizen of New-York. Attribution to John Jay and publication date supplied in: Ford, Paul Leicester. Bibliography and reference list of the history and literature relating to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States 1787-8. Brooklyn, N.Y. : 1896, p. 22.

16 p. ; (8vo) ; Signed by M. Smith and three others.

x, [1], 12-129, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo) ; Attributed to Peter Markoe by Wright. ; "To the public."--p. [v]-vii, signed: W.P. [i.e., William Pritchard]. ; "Translator's" letter to Pritchard, concerning Mehemet, the supposed author, p.[ix]-x, signed: S.T.P. ; With a half-title.

23, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Urging moderation in the treatment of American loyalists. ; Attributed to Alexander Hamilton by Evans. Some contemporary editions have "said to be written by Colonel Hamilton" on title page.

64, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to James Monroe by Evans. ; "Errata."--p. [66].

42 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) ; Signed on p. 42: Aristides. Annapolis, January 1, 1788. Attributed to Hanson in the Dictionary of American biography. ; Dedicated to George Washington.

126, [2] p. ; 23 cm. (8vo and 4to) ; "The address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania to their constituents."--p. [3]-30, signed: Nathaniel Breeding [and twenty others], Philadelphia, December 12, 1787. ; "A letter of His Excellency Edmund Randolph, Esq. on the federal constitution . October 10, 1787."--p. 30-45. ; "Centinel. To the people of Pennsylvania. Number I[-IX]."--p. 46-111. "The 'Letters of Centinel' were by Samuel Bryan, of Philadelphia, and appeared originally in the Independent gazeteer of that city."--Ford, P.L. Pamphlets on the Constitution (Brooklyn, 1888), p. 418. ; "Appendix. The Constitution, agreed on by the General Convention, seventeenth of September, 1787, at Philadelphia."--p. [112]-126.

22, [2] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Mercy Otis Warren in: Warren, Charles. "Elbridge Gerry, James Warren, Mercy Warren and the ratification of the federal Constitution in Massachusetts." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 64 (1932): 143-164. Commonly attributed to Elbridge Gerry. ; Printer's name supplied by Evans. The American Antiquarian Society copy is inscribed in the hand of Thomas Wallcut: Bought of Thomas Greenleaf printer in N York.

[2], vi, 38, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) ; Attributed to Hanson by Evans. ; Dedicated to William Paca.

"Michael Faber has written a remarkable book--a tour de force. Faber's classification of Anti-Federalist writers as Democratic Anti-Federalists, Power Anti-Federalists, and Rights Anti-Federalists is unique and compelling. Faber's scholarship is first rate; it represents perhaps the finest use to date of the more than twenty-six volumes of The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Faber adds to this his extraordinary use of the newspapers of the era."--Ralph A. Rossum, author of Antonin Scalia's Jurisprudence: Text and Tradition "A monumental achievement. Based on a mountain of new research, Faber gives us the most comprehensive analysis of the Anti-Federalist mind ever. The result is a penetrating examination of the three strains of Anti-Federalism and the revealing story of their evolution. The culminating 'Anti-Federalist Constitution' is insightful and will guide scholarship for years to come."-Robert W. T. Martin, Sidney Wertimer Professor of Government, Hamilton College.

In this ambitious study, Robertson explains how the U.S. Constitution emerged from an intense battle between a bold vision for the nation's political future and the tenacious defense of its political present. Given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to alter America's destiny, James Madison laid before the Constitutional Convention a plan for a strong centralized government that could battle for America's long-term interests. But delegates from vulnerable states resisted this plan, seeking instead to maintain state control over most of American life while adding a few more specific powers to the existing government. These clashing aspirations turned the Convention into an unpredictable chain of events. Step-by-step, the delegates' compromises built national powers in a way no one had anticipated, and produced a government more complex and hard to use than any of them originally intended. Their Constitution, in turn, helped create a politics unlike that in any other nation