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SECRET PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT PHILADELPHIA,
IN THE YEAR 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United
States of America.

>From Notes Taken by Robert Yates


Few figures in early American history generated as much controversy as
Robert Yates.  While Yates was respected for his service as the Chief
Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, he was harshly criticized for
his fair treatment of British Loyalists after the American Revolution.
Then, while representing New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787,
he caused even more displeasure among his peers by walking out of the
Convention in protest, claiming that the delegates were greatly exceeding
their designated authority.

Yates's observations on the Convention were published posthumously in Secret
Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, which
has now been reprinted by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.  The work provides
important insights on the process that led to the development of the
Constitution and includes Luther Martin's contentious Antifederalist
address, "The Genuine Information."

Along with fellow New York delegate John Lansing, Jr., Yates believed that
the proposed Constitution dangerously centralized power.  Their beliefs
differed distinctly from those of the third New York delegate, Alexander
Hamilton, and leading Federalists John Jay and James Madison, who asserted
that Yates and Lansing had "reported in angry terms what they observed with
jaundiced eyes."  (The views of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay on the
Constitution are represented in The Federalist, which is also available from
Hein - see over.)

Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia
is the most complete individual account of what took place at the
Constitutional Convention.  Aside from the notes of Yates and Lansing and
Martin's address, the book contains a valuable appendix that includes a
draft of the Constitution, the Constitution itself (and its Amendments up to
the time of original publication), a list of the members of the Convention,
and a letter from Yates and Lansing outlining their reasons for not
subscribing to the Constitution.

This title is a valuable addition to any library's constitutional law
collection!

1 volume....................................................$95.00
Item #328510; xi, 335 pages; ISBN 1-57588-744-4; LC 2003056784
Originally Published: Cincinnati; Published by Alston Mygatt; 1838
Reprinted: Buffalo; William S. Hein & Co., Inc; 2003

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Read More About the Controversy Surrounding the Drafting of the U.S.
Constitution:


DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787 Which Framed the Constitution of
the United States of America 
By James Madison, Gaillard Hunt, and James Brown Scott

Part I contains the texts of the antecedents of the Federal Convention of
1787, Part II James Madison's notes on the text of the debates of the
Federal Convention and an appendix containing text of relevant documents,
and  Part III the various related texts such as the text of the Constitution
and text of the first ten amendments and related resolutions.  The inclusion
of the attendant documents makes this volume a valuable source for the
reading of Madison's notes.

1 volume..............................................$110.00
Item #323300; xcvii, 731 pages; ISBN 1-886363-77-3
Originally Published: New York; Oxford University Press; 1920
Reprinted: New York; Law Book Exchange, Ltd.; 1999
Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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THE FEDERALIST - A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New
Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787
By Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

"A most famous and influential American political work." - Howes, U.S.IANA,
1960-1950 H114c.

The views expressed by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay in this landmark work have
had a lasting effect on U.S. Constitutional Law.  While most of the essays
appeared in New York newspapers and journals and were intended to encourage
ratification of the proposed constitution by New York State, they were
immediately recognized as the most compelling commentary on the most radical
form of government the world had seen.  A limited number of reprint copies
of this rare first edition are available.

The Set, 2 volumes.............................$295.00
Item #328250; ISBN 1-58477-204-2; LC 2001037703
Originally Published: New York; J. and A. M'Lean; 1788
Reprinted: New York; Law Book Exchange, Ltd.; 2002
Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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THE FEDERALIST AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL PAPERS
By Hamilton, Jay, Madison, and Other Statesmen of Their Time with a Full
Index

Edited by E.H. Scott

Scott's classic work provides valuable assistance to anyone interested in
the early development of American Constitutional History.  Besides The
Federalist, it also includes information on other essays and discussions
from between the time when the work of the Federal Convention was announced
and the time when the Constitution was adopted by the States.  Most notably,
this title includes Paul Leicester Ford's Pamphlets on the Constitution and
Essays on the Constitution, both of which had limited editions published. 

1 volume......................................$95.00
Item #327730; 945 pages; ISBN 1-57588-715-0;
LC 2002024267
Originally Published: Chicago; Scott, Foresman; 1898
Reprinted: Buffalo; William S. Hein & Co., Inc; 2002

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JOURNAL OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION KEPT BY JAMES MADISON 
By James Madison

Madison appreciated the significance of the Constitutional Convention and
took great care to compile an accurate report of its proceedings.  The
journal he compiled between May 14 and September 17, 1787, often referred to
as "The Madison Papers" or "Madison's Notes" remains the most complete
record of the proceedings.  This volume is based on the edition of 1840,
which was published by the United States government from Madison's original
manuscripts.  The volume also includes the text of another manuscript that
traces the history of American constitutionalism from 1754 to 1787.

1 volume.....................................$110.00
Item #300060; 805 pages; ISBN 1-58477-256-5;
LC 2002024327
Originally Published: Chicago; Scott, Foresman; 1898
Reprinted: New York; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2003
Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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