Publication
Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 16: Commentaries on the Constitution (4), 1 February – 31 March 1788 | P | Property, Private
610. Henry Knox to George Washington, New York, 10 March [Commentaries on the Constitution 16:367]+
– widely owned in U.S. [1 reference]
– Constitution endangers [7 references]
– government should protect [5 references]
– Constitution protects [7 references]
– owners of favor Constitution [4 references]
– value of in West will decline with loss of navigation of Mississippi River [1 reference]
– insecurity of in some states [2 references]
– American Revolution fought to secure [1 reference]