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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The Complete Anti-Federalist, first published in 1981, contains an unprecedented collection of all the significant pamphlets, newspaper articles and letters, essays, and speeches that were written in opposition to the Constitution during the ratification debate. Storing’s work includes introductions to each entry, along with his own consideration of the Anti-Federalist thought.
This new three-volume set includes all the contents of the original seven-volume publication in a convenient, manageable format.
“A work of magnificent scholarship. Publication of these volumes is a civic event of enduring importance.”—Leonard W. Levy, New York Times Book Review
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Herbert J. Storing (1928-77) was the Robert K. Gooch Professor of Government and director for the Program on the Presidency, White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Murray Dry is the Charles A. Dana professor of political science at Middlebury College.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume One Contents
Foreword
Preface
Prefatory Notes
What the Anti-Federalists Were For
1. Introduction
2. Conservatives
3. The Small Republic
4. Union
5. The Federalist Reply
6. The Aristocratic Tendency of the Constitution
7. Complex Government
8. Bill of Rights
9. Conclusion
Works Frequently Cited
Notes
The Articles of Confederation, Keyed to the Principal Anti-Federalist Discussions
The Constitution of the United States, Keyed to the Principal Anti-Federalist Discussions
Volume Two Contents
A Note on Cross References
Works Frequently Cited
Part I: Objections of Non-Signers of the Constitution
Introduction
2.1 - Elbridge Gerry’s Objections to Signing the National Constitution (Massachusetts Centinel 3 November 1787)
2.2 - George Mason’s Objections to the Constitution of Government Formed by the Convention (1787)
2.3 - Robert Yates and John Lansing, Reasons of Dissent (New York Journal 14 January 1788)
2.4 - Luther Martin, The Genuine Information Delivered to the Legislature of the State of Maryland (1788)
2.5 - Letter from Edmund Randolph Giving His Reasons for Refusing His Signature to the Proposed Federal Constitution (10 Octobe
Part 2: Major Series of Essays at the Outset
2.6 - Letters of Cato (New York Journal September 1787–January 1788)
2.7 - Letters of Centinel (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer and Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal October 1787–April 1788)
2.8 - Observations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention, Letters from The
2.9 - Essays of Brutus (New York Journal October 1787–April 1788)
Volume Three Contents
A Note on Cross References
Works Frequently Cited
Introduction
3.1 - Speech of William Findley in the Pennsylvania Assembly (28 September 1787)
3.2 - Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (4 October 1787)
3.3 - Essays of An Old Whig (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer October 1787–February 1788)
3.4 - Essay by Montezuma (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer 17 October 1787)
3.5 - Essay of A Democratic Federalist (Pennsylvania Herald 17 October 1787)
3.6 - A Review of the Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention, by A Federal Republican (1787)
3.7 - Address of John Humble (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer 29 October 1787)
3.8 - Letter by An Officer of the Late Continental Army (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer 6 November 1787)
3.9 - Essays of Philadelphiensis (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer November 1787–April 1788)
3.10 - Essay by Alfred (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer 13 December 1787)
3.11 - The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constitutents (Pennsylvani
3.12 - Essays by William Penn (Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer January 1788)
3.13 - Essay by Deliberator (Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal 20 February 1788)
3.14 - The Fallacies of the Freeman Detected by A Farmer (Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal April 1788)
3.15 - Essay by None of the Well-Born Conspirators (Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal 23,April 1788)
3.16 - The Government of Nature Delineated, or An Exact Picture of the New Federal Constitution, by Aristocrotis (Carlisle 1788
Volume Four Contents
A Note on Cross References
Works Frequently Cited
Introduction
4.1 - Anon., “A confederation, for purposes merely national . . .” (Massachusetts Gazette 9 October 1787)
4.2 - A Letter from a Gentleman in a Neighbouring State, to a Gentleman in this City (Connecticut Journal October 1787)
4.3 - Essays of John DeWitt (Boston American Herald October–December 1787)
4.4 - Essays by Vox Populi (Massachusetts Gazette October–November 1787)
4.5 - William Symmes, Letter to Capt. Peter Osgood, Jr. (15 November 1787) and Speech in Massachusetts Convention (22 January 1
4.6 - Letters of Agrippa (Massachusetts Gazette November 1787–February 1788)
4.7 - Essay by A Federalist (Boston Gazette 26 November 1787)
4.8 - Essay by One of the Common People (Boston Gazette 3 December 1787)
4.9 - Essays by Candidus (Boston Independent Chronicle December 1787–January 1788)
4.10 - Essay by Cornelius (Hampshire Chronicle December 1787)
4.11 - Essay by Poplicola (Boston Gazette 24 December 1787)
4.12 - Essays by Helvidius Priscus (Boston Independent Chronicle and Massachusetts Gazette December 1787–February 1788)
4.13 - Letters of A Republican Federalist (Massachusetts Centinel December 1787–February 1788)
4.14 - Essay by Samuel (Boston Independent Chronicle 10 January 1788)
4.15 - Essays by Hampden (Massachusetts Centinel January–February 1788)
4.16 - Letter from A Customer (Portland, Maine, Cumberland Gazette March 1788)
4.17 - Essays by A Farmer (New Hampshire Freeman’s Oracle January–June 1788)
4.18 - Charles Turner, Speeches in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (17 January and 6 February 1788)
4.19 - Letter from The Yeomanry of Massachusetts (Massachusetts Gazette 25 January 1788)
4.20 - Essay by An American (Boston American Herald 28 January 1788)
4.21 - Letter from A Bostonian (Boston American Herald 4 February 1788)
4.22 - Address by A Watchman (Worcester Magazine February 1788)
4.23 - A Friend to the Rights of the People, Anti-Foederalist, No. I; and A Friend to the Republic, Anti-Foederalist, No. II (N
4.24 - Letter by David (Massachusetts Gazette 7 March 1788)
4.25 - Essay by A Newport Man (Newport Mercury March 1788)
4.26 - Consider Arms, Malichi Maynard, and Samuel Field, Reasons for Dissent (Hampshire Gazette April 1788)
4.27 - Essay by Phileleutheros (Hampshire Gazette May 1788)
4.28 Observations on the New Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions, by A Columbian Patriot (Boston 1788)
Volume Five Contents
A Note on Cross References
Works Frequently Cited
Part 1: Maryland
Introduction
5.1 - Essays by A Farmer (Baltimore Maryland Gazette February–April 1788)
5.2 - Essay by A Farmer and Planter (Maryland Journal April 1788)
5.3 - Samuel Chase, Notes of Speeches Delivered to the Maryland Ratifying Convention (April 1788)
5.4 - Address of a Minority of the Maryland Ratifying Convention (Baltimore Maryland Gazette May 1788)
5.5 - Address by John Francis Mercer (April or May 1788)
Part 2: Virginia and the South
Introduction
5.6 - Letter of Richard Henry Lee to Governor Edmund Randolph (16 October 1787)
5.7 - Address by Cato Uticensis (Virginia Independent Chronicle 17 October 1787)
5.8 - A Proposal for Reviving Christian Conviction (Virginia Independent Chronicle October 1787)
5.9 - Essay by A Georgian (Gazette of the State of Georgia 15 November 1787)
5.10 - Essays by Cato (State Gazette of South Carolina November–December 1787)
5.11 - Essay by Tamony (Virginia Independent Chronicle 9 January 1788)
5.12 - Speeches of Rawlins Lowndes in the South Carolina Legislature (January 1788)
5.13 - Essays by Republicus (Lexington Kentucky Gazette February and March 1788)
5.14 - Essays by The Impartial Examiner (Virginia Independent Chronicle February–June 1788)
5.15 - Reply to Cassius by Brutus (Virginia Independent Chronicle 14 May 1788)
5.16 - Speeches of Patrick Henry in the Virginia State Ratifying Convention (June 1788)
5.17 - Speech of George Mason in the Virginia Ratifying Convention (4 June 1788)
5.18 - Address by Denatus (Virginia Independent Chronicle 11 June 1788)
5.19 - Letter from A Delegate Who Has Catched Cold (Virginia Independent Chronicle June 1788)
5.20 - Sentiments of Many (Virginia Independent Chronicle 18 June 1788)
5.21 James Monroe, Some Observations on the Constitution (1788)
Volume Six Contents
A Note on Cross References
Works Frequently Cited
Part 1: New York
Introduction
6.1 - Essays by Cincinnatus (New York Journal November–December 1787)
6.2 - Objections by A Son of Liberty (New York Journal 8 November 1787)
6.3 - Essay by Brutus, Jr. (New York Journal 8 November 1787)
6.4 - A Reply to Publius by An Observor (New York Journal 19 November 1787)
6.5 - Reply to Medium by A Citizen (New York Journal 24 November 1787)
6.6 - Letters from A Countryman from Dutchess County (New York Journal November 1787–February 1788)
6.7 - Letters from A Countryman (New York Journal December 1787–January 1788)
6.8 - Essays by Sidney (Albany Gazette February–March 1788)
6.9 - Address by Sydney (New York Journal June 1788)
6.10 - Address of the Albany Antifederal Committee (Jer. Van Rensselaer, Chairman) (New York Journal 26 April 1788)
6.11 - An Address by A Plebeian (New York 1788)
6.12 - Speeches by Melancton Smith, Delivered in the Course of Debate by the Convention of the State of New York on the Adoptio
6.13 - Notes of Speeches Given by George Clinton before the New York State Ratifying Convention (June–July 1788)
Part 2: Conclusion
6.14 - Mercy Warren, History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution (Boston 1805), chapter 31, with e
Volume Seven: Index