Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 15: Commentaries on the Constitution (3), 18 December 1787 – 31 January 1788 | S | Sovereignty
363. Ezra Stiles Diary, New Haven, 21 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 15:57]
– assertion that Constitution transfers to central government [9 references]
– debate over Article II of Articles of Confederation [3 references]
– debate over argument that sovereignty is derived from the people [4 references]
– criticism of state sovereignty under Confederation [3 references]
– denial that Constitution transfers to central government [8 references]
See also Government, debate over nature of