Edited by Bradford K. Pierce and Charles Hale. It contains not only
the debates as printed in the two former editions, but the ante and
post proceedings of the General Court; Gerry’s official letter; the
Journal of the Convention; Judge Parsons “Minutes” of the debates; an
account of the reception of the news of the ratification, and of the
procession which followed; the “Letters of an American;” Speeches of
Franklin in the Federal Convention, and Wilson in the Pa. Convention;
4 “Letters of Brutus,” and a series of personal letters relating to
the proceedings in Massachusetts, mostly taken from Spark’s _Writings
of Washington_.
It is a most valuable volume for the history of the struggle over
ratification in Massachusetts, but it is a little strange that
the editors should pass over the essays on the Constitution from
Massachusetts pens and select the letters of “An American” and of
“Brutus”—the first a Pennsylvania series, by Tench Coxe, and the
second by a New York writer.
_Minot, George R. See No. 82._
_Minutes of the Convention. See Nos. 101-2 and 111._
[_Montgomery, James_].
Decius’s / Letters / on the / Opposition / to the / New Constitution /
in / Virginia, / 1789. / Richmond: / Printed by Aug. Davis.