Retirement Series | Volume 7 (28 November 1813–30 September 1814) | Documents | Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 14 August 1814 [document with enclosure]
IntroductionA. Public and Private Commentaries on the Constitution, 17 September–6 October 1787Samuel Hodgdon to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, 17 SeptemberThomas Mifflin to Silas Talbot, Philadelphia, 19 SeptemberMatthew M'Connell to William Irvine, Philadelphia, 20 SeptemberJames Pemberton to John Pemberton, Philadelphia, 20 SeptemberPhiladelphia, Southwark, and Northern Liberties Meeting, 20 SeptemberGermantown Meeting, 21 SeptemberDavid Redick to William Irvine, Philadelphia, 24 SeptemberIndependent Gazetteer, 24 SeptemberDaniel Shays to the Antifederal Junto in Philadelphia, Independent Gazetteer, 25 SeptemberPennsylvania Gazette, 26 SeptemberAn American Citizen, On the Federal Government I, II, III, Independent Gazetteer, 26–29 SeptemberThe First Newspaper Attack upon the Constitution and the Response, 26 September–4 OctoberThomas Duncan to William Irvine, Carlisle, 3 OctoberThe Protest of the Minority, Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 OctoberSouthwark, Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 OctoberPennsylvania Gazette, 3 OctoberCentinel I, Independent Gazetteer, 5 OctoberJames Wilson's Speech in the State House Yard, Philadelphia, 6 OctoberIndependent Gazetteer, 6 October B. The Assembly Election, 9 October 1787C. Public and Private Commentaries on the Constitution, 10 October–10 November 1787A Federalist, Independent Gazetteer, 10 OctoberThe Chronicles of Early Times, Freeman's Journal, 17 OctoberSquibs from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 OctoberOne of the People, Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 OctoberAvenging Justice, Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 OctoberA Democratic Federalist, Pennsylvania Herald, 17 OctoberCharles Swift to Robert E. Griffiths, Philadelphia, 18 OctoberTench Coxe to James Madison, Philadelphia, 21 OctoberPennsylvania Gazette, 24 OctoberWat Tyler, A Proclamation, Pennsylvania Herald, 24 OctoberM.C., Pennsylvania Herald, 27 OctoberJohn Humble, Address of the Lowborn, Independent Gazetteer, 29 OctoberGouverneur Morris to George Washington, Philadelphia, 30 OctoberFreeman's Journal, 31 OctoberFrancis Murray to John Nicholson, Newtown, 1 NovemberJohn King to Benjamin Rush, West Conococheague, 5–6 NovemberGeorge Turner to Winthrop Sargent, Philadelphia, 6 NovemberAn Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 6 NovemberPlain Truth: Reply to An Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 10 November D. The Election of Convention Delegates, 6 November 1787Philadelphia City and County Nomination Tickets, 13 October–3 NovemberCumberland County Nominations, 13–25 OctoberNorthampton County Nominations, 22 OctoberChester County Nominations, 24 October–1 NovemberNewspaper Reports of the Election of Convention Delegates on 6 NovemberWilliam Shippen, Jr. to Thomas Lee Shippen, Philadelphia, 7, 13, 15, and 18 NovemberSamuel Baird to John Nicholson, Norristown, 9 NovemberBenjamin Rush to John Montgomery, Philadelphia, 9 NovemberSupreme Executive Council Minutes, 9 NovemberThe Pennsylvania Assembly: Saturday, 10 November 1787Supreme Executive Council Minutes, 12 NovemberEbenezer Bowman to Timothy Pickering, Wilkes-Barre, 12 NovemberSamuel Baird to John Nicholson, Norristown, 13 NovemberCarlisle Gazette, 14 NovemberExtract of a Letter from Philadelphia, 18 November, Maryland Journal, 14 DecemberExtract of a Letter from Washington County, Carlisle Gazette, 21 NovemberJacob Eyerly, Jr. to John Arndt, Nazareth, 24 NovemberSamuel Vaughan, Jr., to James Bowdoin, Philadelphia, 30 NovemberA Marylander, Maryland Gazette (Baltimore), 4 DecemberIndependent Gazetteer, 5 DecemberFreeman's Journal, 5 December E. The Assembly and the Issue of a Quorum in the Convention, 8–10 November 1787F. Public and Private Commentaries on the Constitution and the Convention, 7 November–11 December 1787Philadelphiensis I, Freeman's Journal, 7 NovemberA Freeman, Pennsylvania Gazette, 7 NovemberPittsburgh Meeting, 9 NovemberAlexander Fowler to John Nicholson, Pittsburgh, 10 NovemberWilliam Shippen, Jr. to Thomas Lee Shippen, Philadelphia, 18, 22 NovemberA Plain Citizen, To the Honorable the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania, Independent Gazetteer, 22 NovemberPlain Truth, Independent Gazetteer, 24 NovemberA Democratic Federalist, Independent Gazetteer, 26 NovemberCumberland County Petition to the Pennsylvania Convention, 28 NovemberAn Old Whig VII, Independent Gazetteer, 28 NovemberA Federal Republican, A Review of the Constitution, 28 NovemberMany Customers, Independent Gazetteer, 1 DecemberCumberland County Petition to the Pennsylvania Convention, 5 DecemberA Farmer, Pennsylvania Gazette, 5 DecemberOne of the Gallery, Pennsylvania Packet, 5 DecemberColumbus, Pennsylvania Herald, 8 DecemberEgo, Pennsylvania Packet, 8 DecemberPhiladelphia County Petition to the Pennsylvania Convention, 11 December 