the form of federal government recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th September, 1787. Taken
in short hand.
New-York: printed and sold by
Francis Childs,
m dcc, lxxxviii
. [1788.]
25.7 5135
First Edition. 12mo. 74 leaves including the last blank.
Sabin 53634.
Evans 21310.
Ford 129.
This book is not checked as having been received in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue.
[3010]
J. 285
[Debates in the Convention
] of Virginia. of 1788.
8
vo.
2. cop.
1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 255, [Debates on the Constitution in the Convention of] Virginia, 8vo.
Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia. Convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June, 1788, for
the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the Federal
Constitution. [-Volume II, III.]
Petersburg: printed by
Hunter and Prentis.
m,dgc,lxxxviii
[sic]. [Vol. II and III printed by
William Prentis,
m,dcc,lxxxix
.] [1788, 1789.]
JK161 .V8 1788a
First Edition. 3 vol. in 1, 97, 98 and 114 leaves in fours (24-letter alphabets); list of errata at the end of each volume.
Sabin 100029.
Evans 21551, 22225.
Swem 7588.
Ford 157.
Original calf. Not initialled by Jefferson; some passages marked and underscored in ink and a few manuscript marginal notes; at the beginning and end is a manuscript index. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Taken in shorthand by David Robertson. Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue calls for two copies but only one was sold to Congress in 1815. According to Ford it was printed without being proof-read,
and was described as a rare book as early as 1805.
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286
Tracts on the American Constitution. viz.................................................
}
Thoughts on the political situation of the U. S. of America.
}
Wilson’s speech on the Federal constitution.
}
Examinñ of the leading principles of the federal constñ. Philadã.
}
Genuine information of Luther Martin.
}
8
vo.
Pinkney’s observñs on the plan of gov
(
~m
)t submitted to the fed
l. conventñ.
}
Jay’s address to the people of N. York.
}
Monroe’s observñs on the Constñ.
}
Remarks on the Address of the 16. members of Pennsylvã................
}
1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 257, Tracts on the American Constitution, by Wilson, Martin, Pinckney, Jay, Monroe, 8vo.
This collection of eight tracts listed by Jefferson as above is not checked as having been received in the working copy of
the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, and the entry is dropped from the later catalogues. Of the Library
