Ratification by the States | Volume XI: Maryland, No. 1 | Documents | III. The Debate Over the Constitution in Maryland, 4 December 1787–29 April 1788 | A Countryman, Baltimore Maryland Gazette, 18 December 1787
IntroductionJames 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 