| The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Volume 6: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts, No. 3 Volume Contributor(s): Kaminski, John P. (Editor), Saladino, Gaspare J. (Editor), Leffler, Richard (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0870203169 ISBN-13: 9780870203169 Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: This third volume on the ratification campaign in Massachusetts completes the account of this powerful New England state whose influence determined the overall passage of the emerging Constitution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Political Science | Constitutions - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
| Dewey: 974 |
| LCCN: 75014149 |
| Series: Ratification of the Constitution |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.12" W x 9.34" (2.10 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1787, an effort to revise the Articles of Confederation turned into a constitutional convention that dramatically altered the way that the young United States of America would be governed. On October 25, 1787, Massachusetts called a convention to debate the new constitution, and five months later on February 6, 1788 the Massachusetts convention adopted the Constitution. Four volumes of The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution are devoted to the public and private debate surrounding ratification of this state which played a key role in the acceptance of the Constitution. These four volumes encompass over 1,800 pages of legislative and executive records, personal accounts by convention participants and observers, newspaper extracts, pamphlets and broadsides, as well as convention sources housed in the Massachusetts State Archives. The Massachusetts volumes chart the dialogue beginning in early September, 1787 before the Constitution was signed by the delegates in Philadelphia, and continue to cover the aftermath of ratification in Massachusetts. This third volume contains the official record of the Massachusetts Convention and the substantial accounts of the debates transcribed for publication in newspapers and in a book edition. |