Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States

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• Title Page i
• House Concurrent Resolution No. 23 ii
• Selected, Arranged, and Indexed iii
• Prefatory Note V
• Contents IX
• Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 14, 1774 1
• Resolves Adopted in Charlotte Town, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 31, 1775 6
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775 10
• Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress, November 9, 1775 18
• Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776, Instructing the Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress to "Propose to That Respectable Body to Declare the United Colonies Free and Independent States" 19
• Resolution Introduced in the Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee (va.) Proposing a Declaration of Independence, June 7, 1776 21
• The Declaration of Independence--1776 in Congress, July 4, 1776 22
• Articles of Confederation, March 1, 1781 27
• Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21, 1786, Proposing a Joint Meeting of Commissioners from the States to Consider and Recommend a Federal Plan for Regulating Commerce1 38
• Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government 39
• Report of Proceedings in Congress, Wednesday Feby. 21, 1787 44

• Title Page i
• House Concurrent Resolution No. 23 ii
• Selected, Arranged, and Indexed iii
• Prefatory Note V
• Contents IX
• Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 14, 1774 1
• Resolves Adopted in Charlotte Town, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 31, 1775 6
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775 10
• Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress, November 9, 1775 18
• Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776, Instructing the Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress to "Propose to That Respectable Body to Declare the United Colonies Free and Independent States" 19
• Resolution Introduced in the Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee (va.) Proposing a Declaration of Independence, June 7, 1776 21
• The Declaration of Independence--1776 in Congress, July 4, 1776 22
• Articles of Confederation, March 1, 1781 27
• Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21, 1786, Proposing a Joint Meeting of Commissioners from the States to Consider and Recommend a Federal Plan for Regulating Commerce1 38
• Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government 39
• Report of Proceedings in Congress, Wednesday Feby. 21, 1787 44
• Ordinance of 1787, July 13, 1787. an Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio 47
• Credentials of the Members of the Federal Convention 55
• List of Delegates Appointed by the States Represented in the Federal Convention. 85
• Notes of Major William Pierce (ga.) in the Federal Convention of 1787 87
• Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 as Reported by James Madison. 109
• Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787, Taken by the Late Hon Robert Yates, Chief Justice of the State of New York, and One of the Delegates from That State to the Said Convention. 746
• Notes of Rufus King in the Federal Convention of 1787 844
• Notes of William Paterson in the Federal Convention of 1787. 879
• Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention of 1787. 913
• Papers of Dr. James Mchenry on the Federal Convention of 1787. 923
• Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. 953
• The Plan of Charles Pinckney (south Carolina), Presented to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. 964
• Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by William Patterson, (n. J.) to the Federal Convention, June 15, 1787. 967
• Variant Texts of the Plan Presented by Alexander Hamilton to the Federal Convention, June 18,1787. 979
• The Constitution of the United States 989
• Letter of the President of the Federal Convention, Dated September 17,1787, to the President of Congress, Transmitting the Constitution. 1003
• Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to Congress, September 17, 1787. 1005
• Resolution of Congress of September 28, 1787, Submitting the Constitution to the Several States. 1007
• Circular Letter of the Secretary of Congress, Dated September 28, 1787, Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors. 1008
• Ratification of the Constitution by the Several States, Arranged in the Order of Their Ratification. 1009
• Resolution of Congress, Dated July 2, 1788, Submitting Ratifications of the Constitution to a Committee. 1060
• Resolution of the Congress, of September 13, 1788, Fixing Date for Election of a President, and the Organization of the Government Under the Constitution, in the City of New York. 1062
• Resolution of the First Congress Submitting Twelve Amendments to the Constitution. 1063
• The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution 1066
• Subsequent Amendments to the Constitution 1068
• Index 1073