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The Essential antifederalist / edited by W.B. Allen and Gordon Lloyd ; Margie Lloyd. associate editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--United States--History--Sources.
- Political science.
- United States.
- History.
- Constitutional history--United States--Sources.
- Constitutional history.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 339 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]
- Summary:
- This edited collection of readings from Antifederalist thought was first published in 1985. Here presented with a completely revised and updated interpretive essay from the editors and expanded to cover the period of the founding from 1776-91, this book is the most complete one-volume collection of its kind.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Origin of Antifederalist Thought 1
- Z 5
- John Lansing, George Mason, and Luther Martin, 20 June 1787 7
- Luther Martin, 27-28 June 1787 12
- George Mason, Objections 16
- Richard Henry Lee, Letter to Edmund Randolph, 16 October 1787 19
- Elbridge Gerry, Objections 24
- Cato, Letter III 26
- An Old Whig, Essay VII 30
- Pennsylvania Minority Report 33
- Robert Yates and John Lansing, Reasons of Dissent 47
- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Alexander Donald, 7 February 1788 49
- Agrippa, Letters XV and XVI 50
- Sidney, Essay II 60
- A Plebian 63
- Chapter 2 Antifederalist Views of Federalism 75
- Federal Farmer, Letters I and XVII 78
- Centinel, Letter I 96
- Brutus, Essays I and V 105
- Agrippa, Letter IV 122
- Maryland Farmer Essay III, Part One 124
- Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention, 4-5 June 1788 127
- Virginia Ratifying Convention Amendment Proposals 140
- Chapter 3 Antifederalist Views of Republicanism 145
- Richard Henry Lee, Letter to George Mason, 1 October 1787 148
- Federal Farmer, Letters, II, III, IV and XII 149
- Old Whig, Essay IV 171
- Brutus, Essays II, IV, XI, XII, XV 174
- Cato, Letters V and VII 200
- John DeWitt, Essay V 205
- James Monroe, Observations on the Constitution 211
- Virginia Ratifying Convention, 18 June 1788 219
- Melancton Smith, New York Ratifying Convention, 20 June 1788 224
- John Lansing, New York Ratifying Convention, 24 June 1788 230
- Chapter 4 Antifederalist Views of Capitalism and Democracy 233
- Centinel, Letters, III, IV, VII, VIII 236
- A Georgian 249
- Brutus, Essay III 251
- Cato, Letter VI 257
- Agrippa, Letters VII, IX, XII, XIV 260
- Federal Farmer, Letters VII, IX 274
- Maryland Farmer, Essay III, Part II; and Essay VII, Part I 281
- Mercy Otis Warren, The American Revolution 288
- I. Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution 299
- II. Articles of Confederation 307
- III. Draft Constitution of 1787 314.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742521877
- 0742521885
- OCLC:
- 49176388
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