Introduction copyright © 1966 by Ohio University Press

All rights reserved

Printed in the United States

New, indexed edition, 1984

Ohio University books are printed on acid-free paper

02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 5 4 3 2

Madison "Preface to Debates in the Convention: A Sketch Never
Finished nor Applied" has been reprinted by permission from the
Carnegie Endowment publication, The Debates in the Federal Conven-
tion of 1787 which Framed the Constitution of the United States of
America, edited by Gaillard Hunt and James Brown Scott ( Oxford Uni-
versity Press, New York, 1920).

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

United States. Constitutional Convention ( 1787)

Notes of debates in the Federal Convention of 1787.

First published in v. 2-3 of The papers of James
Madison, Washington, 1840. First published separately in
1893 under title: Journal of the Federal Convention.

Includes index.

1. United States -- Constitutional history. 1. Madison,
James, 1751-1836. II. Title.

KF4510.U54 1984 342.73'0242 84-5080

ISBN 0-8214-0777-5 347.302242

-ii-