History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 / With Notices of Its Principle Framers

Chapter 58: Transcriber's Notes:

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A detailed, chapter-by-chapter account of the constitutional convention and subsequent adoption process, analyzing how delegates organized proceedings, debated representation and suffrage, and constructed legislative, executive, and judicial powers; it examines specific constitutional provisions — commerce, revenue, war, militia, territories, admission of states, patents and copyrights, and restraints on federal and state authority — addresses slavery-related questions and fugitive provisions, discusses supremacy and treason, outlines amendment and ratification mechanisms, and traces public reception and the actions of state conventions during the instrument's establishment.

Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious spelling and punctuation errors have been repaired, but period spellings and valid alternative spellings present in the original were retained; for example: maleadministration, malepractice and malpractice, Brearly and Brearley, etc.

Hyphenation variations in the original were retained.

Change in format for Article headings beginning P. 629 retained as in the original.

Changes not covered above are:
Contents erroneously states Index begins on P. 623. Corrected to P. 633.
P. 298 "Southern members." original reads "Southern membe"
P. 605 Duplicate heading "Appendix" removed.
P. 622 "Revision and Control"; original reads "Controul."
P. 623 "Members from two-thirds"; original reads "twothirds."