Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 14: Commentaries on the Constitution (2), 8 November – 17 December 1787 | C | Congress Under Articles
Thomas Paine to George Clymer, Paris, 29 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:488]+
– support for increased powers for [25 references]
– representation in [7 references]
– policy of towards western lands [2 references]
– and resolution calling Constitutional Convention (Feb. 1787) [4 references]
– impact of upon supremacy of states [2 references]
– rotation in office of delegates to [2 references]
– method of election of delegates to [2 references]
– to call first federal elections [1 reference]
– attendance of delegates to [4 references]
– and calling of a second constitutional convention [2 references]
– opposition to increased power for [1 reference]
– provisions for voting in [1 reference]
– praised [1 reference]
– and slave trade [3 references]
– and consideration of Constitution [3 subentries]
– letter to president of [2 references]
See also Amendments to Articles of Confederation