Edmund Randolph was a member of the Annapolis, Philadelphia, and
Virginia Conventions, in all of which he took a prominent though
equivocal position. His letter on the Constitution was widely
circulated in the newspapers, and was printed in pamphlet form as
above, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress, but cannot be
found, so I am compelled to give the title from Sabin’s _Dictionary
of Books relating to America_.
“I do not know what impression the letter may make in Virginia. It
is generally understood here that the arguments contained in it in
favor of the Constitution are much stronger than the objections which
prevent his assent. His arguments are forcible in all places, and
with all persons. His objections are connected with his particular
way of thinking on the subject, in which many of the adversaries to
the Constitution do not concur.” _Madison to Washington_, Jan. 25,
1788.