Volumes | Volume 7: Petition Histories: Revolutionary War-Related Claims | Documents | Dependent Survivors of Deceased Soldiers | Report of the Secretary of War on the Petitions of Robert King and Lemuel Sherman, 21 February 1791
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The Debate Over the Constitution in Maryland, 17 September–30 November 1787IntroductionJames McHenry: Diary and Notes at Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, 17–18 September 1787James Tilghman to Edward Tilghman, Jr., Chestertown, 22 September 1787 (excerpt)Editors’ Note: The Publication and Circulation of the Constitution in Maryland, 22 September–December 1787Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 25 September 1787Maryland Journal, 28 September 1787Samuel Chase: On Calling a State Convention, 28–30 September 1787James Tilghman to John Penn, Chestertown, 3 October 1787 (excerpt)Caution, Maryland Journal, 12 October 1787Henry Hollingsworth to Levi Hollingsworth, Elkton, 15 October 1787 (excerpt)Caution, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 16 October 1787A Friend to the Constitution, Maryland Journal, 16 October 1787Editors’ Note: The Maryland Reprinting of James Wilson’s State House Speech, 16–25 October 1787Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 October 1787Maryland Journal, 19 October 1787Richard Curson to Horatio Gates, Baltimore, 23 October 1787 (excerpt)Tench Coxe to William Tilghman, Philadelphia, 23 October 1787 (excerpts)Daniel Carroll to James Madison, Near Georgetown, 28 October 1787 (excerpt)A Friend to Order, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 30 October 1787A Watchman, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 30 October 1787Skyaugusta, Maryland Journal, 30 October 1787Aratus: To the People of Maryland, Post-2 November 1787Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 6 November 1787Richard Curson to Horatio Gates, Baltimore, 8 November 1787A Federalist, Annapolis Maryland Gazette, 8 November 1787Uncus, Maryland Journal, 9 November 1787Mark Pringle to Samuel Myers, Baltimore, 16 November 1787 (excerpt)An Instructor, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 16 November 1787Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 16 November 1787Samuel & Johnson to M. & F. Gregory, Baltimore, 17 November 1787 (excerpt)An Old Man, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 20 November 1787Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 21 November 1787William Tilghman to Tench Coxe, Chestertown, 25 November 1787 (excerpt)Richard Curson to Horatio Gates, Baltimore, 28 November 1787 (excerpt)Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 28 November 1787Uncus, Maryland Journal, 30 November 1787 II. The Maryland General Assembly Calls a State Convention, 23 November–1 December 1787IntroductionSenate Proceedings, Friday, 23 November 1787 (excerpts)House of Delegates Proceedings, Friday, 23 November 1787 (excerpts)Senate Proceedings, Saturday, 24 November 1787 (excerpt)House of Delegates Proceedings, Saturday, 24 November 1787 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Monday, 26 November 1787 (excerpt)House of Delegates Proceedings, Monday, 26 November 1787 (excerpt)House of Delegates Proceedings, Tuesday, 27 November 1787 (excerpts)Senate Proceedings, Tuesday, 27 November 1787 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Wednesday, 28 November 1787 (excerpt)House of Delegates Proceedings, Thursday, 29 November 1787 (excerpt)Maryland’s Constitutional Convention Delegates Address the State House of Delegates, 29 November 1787House of Delegates Proceedings, Friday, 30 November 1787 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Saturday, 1 December 1787 (excerpts)House of Delegates Proceedings, Saturday, 1 December 1787 (excerpts)Resolutions Calling a State Convention, 1 December 1787 III. The Debate Over the Constitution in Maryland, 4 December 1787–29 April 1788IntroductionA Marylander, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 4 December 1787Maryland Journal, 4 December 1787Joseph Gilpin to Levi Hollingsworth, Elkton, 5 December 1787Matthew Ridley to John Jay, Baltimore, 6 December 1787 (excerpt)Maryland Journal, 7 December 1787Uriah Forrest to Thomas Jefferson, London, 11 December 1787 (excerpt)Thomas Johnson to George Washington, Annapolis, 11 December 1787 (excerpt)Antoine de la Forest to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 15 December 1787 (excerpt)A Countryman, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 December 1787Editors’ Note: The Maryland Reprinting of Benjamin Franklin’s Last Speech in the Constitutional Convention, 18 December 1787Editors’ Note: The Sale of Thomas Lloyd’s Debates of the Pennsylvania Convention As Advertised in the Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 December 1787Richard Curson to Horatio Gates, Baltimore, 19 December 1787 (excerpt)John Hamilton to Mordecai Gist, Annapolis, 23 December 1787One of the People, Maryland Journal, 25 December 1787Observator, Maryland Journal, 25 December 1787Pennsylvania Packet, 25 December 1787Connecticut Journal, 26 December 1787John Hoskins Stone to Walter Stone, Annapolis, 27 December 1787 (excerpt)Luther Martin: Genuine Information I, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 28 December 1787Charles Pettit to William Irvine, Philadelphia, 29 December 1787 (excerpt)Luther Martin: Genuine Information II, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 1 January 1788A Federalist, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 1 January 1788Pennsylvania Gazette, 2 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information III, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 4 January 1788A Marylander, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 4 January 1788John Bisset to Benjamin Rush, Georgetown, 7 January 1788 (excerpt)Andrew Ellicott to John Nicholson, Baltimore, 7 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information IV, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 8 January 1788George Lux to George Washington, Chatsworth, 9 January 1788 (excerpt)From George Plater, Sotterley, 10 January 1788Thomas Hartley to Tench Coxe, York, Pa., 11 January 1788A Federalist, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 11 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information V, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 11 January 1788“T.” Maryland Journal, 11 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information VI, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 15 January 1788Caveto, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 15 January 1788Editors’ Note: The Maryland Reprinting of“The New Roof,” 15 January 1788A Federalist, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information VII, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 January 1788Luther Martin to the Printer, Maryland Journal, 18 January 1788Governor William Smallwood to Governor William Livingston, Annapolis, 19 January 1788William H. Dorsey to Robert Ferguson, Georgetown, 20 January 1788 (excerpt)Henry Hollingsworth to Levi Hollingsworth, Elkton, 21 January 1788 (excerpt)Luther Martin: Genuine Information VIII, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 22 January 1788An American, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 22 January 1788Delays in the Circulation of Luther Martin’s Genuine Information, 22 January–8 April 1788Valerius, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 25 January 1788James Madison to Eliza House, Trist New York, 27 January 1788 (excerpt)Valerius, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 29 January 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information IX, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 29 January 1788Luther Martin to Thomas Cockey Deye, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 29 January 1788An Annapolitan, Annapolis Maryland Gazette, 31 January 1788Aristides: Remarks on the Proposed Plan of a Federal Government, 31 January–27 March 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information X, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 1 February 1788Valerius, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 1 February 1788Civis, Maryland Journal, 1 February 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 2 February 1788Luther Martin: Genuine Information XI, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 5 February 1788Editors’ Note: Advertisement for Debates of the Pennsylvania Convention, 7 February 1788Charles Carroll of Carrollton to Messrs. Wallace, Johnson, & Muir, Annapolis, 8 February 1788 (excerpt)Luther Martin: Genuine Information XII, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 8 February 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 8 February 1788Daniel Carroll to James Madison, Rock Creek near Georgetown, 10 February 1788Samuel Hughes to Thomas Clifford, Mount Pleasant, 11 February 1788 (excerpt)William Tilghman to Tench Coxe, Chestertown, 11 February 1788 (excerpt)A Countryman, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 12 February 1788A Marylander, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 12 February 1788Pennsylvania Mercury, 12 February 1788Christopher Richmond to Horatio Gates, Annapolis, 13 February 1788 (excerpt)Pennsylvania Packet, 14 February 1788Thomas Hartley to Tench Coxe, York, Pa., 15 February 1788 (excerpt)Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 15 February 1788A Farmer I, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 15 February 1788Grateful, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 15 February 1788Maryland Journal, 15 February 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 18 February 1788A Jerseyan, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 19 February 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 26 February 1788 (excerpt)Pennsylvania Mercury, 26 February 1788William Goddard to Mathew Carey, Baltimore, 28 February 1788 (excerpt)A Farmer II, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 29 February 1788Sidney, Maryland Journal, 29 February 1788The Landholder No. X, Maryland Journal, 29 February 1788Maryland Journal, 29 February 1788Aristides, Maryland Journal, 4 March 1788 (extra)A Countryman, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 4 March 1788Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 4 March 1788A Farmer III (Part 1), Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 7 March 1788Betsey Cornstalk, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 7 March 1788Luther Martin: Reply to Maryland Landholder No. X, Maryland Journal, 7 March 1788James de Caledonia IV, Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 12 March 1788 (excerpt)A Plebeian, Maryland Journal, 14 March 1788Hambden, Maryland Journal, 14 March 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 14 March 1788A Farmer III (Part 2), Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 March 1788A Represent—or, not—ative, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 March 1788Luther Martin: Address No. I, Maryland Journal, 18 March 1788Manco, Maryland Journal, 18 March 1788Baltimore Maryland Journal, 18 March 1788Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 19 March 1788Philip Thomas to Horatio Gates, Frederick, 21 March 1788A Farmer IV, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 21 March 1788Tom Peep, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 21 March 1788Luther Martin: Address No. II, Maryland Journal, 21 March 1788A Real Federalist, Maryland Journal, 21 March 1788H. Z., Maryland Journal, 21 March 1788 