Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volumes 4–7: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: Massachusetts | D | Debts, Private
– American debtors no worse than European [1 reference]
– Americans accumulating in exchange for British imports [1 reference]
– Antifederalists accused of wanting to avoid payment of [19 references]
– denial that Antifederalists are dishonest debtors [1 reference]
– under Articles of Confederation debtors can pay off easily [1 reference]
– Boston shopkeepers hope to pay off [1 reference]
– Bristol County convention petitions legislature for debtor relief [1 reference]
– as a cause of Shays’s Rebellion [4 references]
– Constitution will enable payment of [2 references]
– debtors may discourage creditors by filing appeals in federal court [1 reference]
– debtors will suffer from creditors under Constitution [2 references]
– dishonest debtors thwarted by Constitution [2 references]
– dissipation causes [1 reference]
– foreign creditors look down on U.S. [1 reference]
– God will enable Americans to pay [1 reference]
– government should encourage punctual payment of [1 reference]
– injustice of abolition of [1 reference]
– obstructions have prevented courts from ordering payment of [1 reference]
– debtors as part of opposition in Mass. Convention [2 references]
– proposed amendment making officers of Congress subject to arrest for debt [1 reference]
– relief opposed [2 references]
– relief needed [4 references]
– strict accountability to law increases ability of people to pay [1 reference]
– are not being paid to traders [1 reference]