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Legal and Constitutional History: Documentary Histories

Available at the Law Library

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution by Merrill Jensen, John P. Kaminski, and Gaspare J. Saladino, eds.
Call Number: KF4502 .D63 v.1-v.10, v.13-v.17, v.20-v.21
Law General Stacks, one week circulating material
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 by Maeva Marcus and James R. Perry, eds.
Call Number: KF8742.A45 D66 1985 v.1-v.8
Law General Stacks, one week circulating material
The Federalist Concordance by Edward J. Erler and Thomas B. Hofeller, eds.
Call Number: KF4515 .E53 1988
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #
Older edition available for checkout in University Library
Equal Protection and the African American Constitutional Experience: A documentary history
Call Number: KF4756 .A3 2000
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #
Federalists and Antifederalists: The debate over the Ratification of the Constitution by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler
Call Number: KF4515 .F44 1989
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #
A Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate over the Constitution by John P. Kaminski, ed.
Call Number: KF4545.S5 N43 1995
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #
Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History by Donald Lutz, ed.
Call Number: KF4502 .C58 1998
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #
Also available online here.
Constitutional Debates on Freedom of Religion: A Documentary History by John J. Patrick and Gerald P. Long, eds.
Call Number: KF4783 .C66 1999
Law General Stacks, main & upper level arranged by call #

Available at the University Library

Setting Out to Begin a New World: Colonial Georgia: A Documentary History by Edward J. Cashin, ed.
Call Number: F289 .S38 1995
The Nullification Era: A Documentary Record by William W. Freehling, ed.
Call Number: E384.3 .F69
Federal Laws of the Reconstruction: Principal Congressional Acts and Resolutions, Presidential Proclamations, Speeches and Orders, and Other Legislative and Military Documents, 1862-1875 by Frederick E. Hosen, ed.
Call Number: KF4945 .F43 2010
The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790 by Merrill Jensen and Robert A. Becker, eds.
Call Number: JK171.A1 D6
The Black Laws in the Old Northwest: A Documentary History by Stephen Middleton, ed.
Call Number: KF4757 .M48 1993
Capital Punishment in the United States: A Documentary History by Bryan Vila and Cynthia Morris, ed.
Call Number: HV8699.U5 C3 1997

Founders' Papers

Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Call Number: E302 .F82 1959
Papers of Alexander Hamilton
Call Number: E302 .H247 (Clarkston)
Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Call Number: E302 .J463 (Clarkston)
Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series
Call Number: E302 .J444 2004
Papers of Henry Laurens
Call Number: E302 .L3
Papers of James Madison
Call Number: JK111 .M24
Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series
Call Number: E302 .M19 1986
Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series
Call Number: E302 .M19 1984
Papers of George Washington: Colonial Series
Call Number: E312.72 1983
Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary Series
Call Number: E312.72 1985
Papers of George Washington: Confederation Series
Call Number: E312.72 1992
Papers of George Washington: Retirement Series
Call Number: E312.72 1998
Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series
Call Number: E312.72 1987b