During the ratification debates, Federalists repeatedly warned that adding a bill of rights would be unnecessary – and even dangerous. Learn what they had to say – where they made good points – and missed the mark too.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: December 15, 2023
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Federalists and Antifederalists Debate a Bill of Rights
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Oct 1787)
Melancton Smith’s notes of the Confederation Congress (27 Sept 1787)
John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788)
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Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 25 (21 Dec 1787)
James Wilson – State house yard speech (6 Oct 1787)
Noah Webster – A Citizen of America (17 Oct 1787)
Charles Pinckney – Speech in South Carolina House of Representatives (18 Jan 1788)
Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (28 Nov 1787)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (16 July 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Dec 1791)
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