Creating the United States

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North Carolina Insists on Declaration of Rights in Constitution (107.03.00)

North Carolina Insists on Declaration of Rights in Constitution
State of North Carolina, In Convention, August 1, 1788. . . . [Hillsborough: Printed by Robert Ferguson, 1788]. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0107_03]

Virginia as "The Tenth Pillar" (075.03.00)

Virginia as the “The Tenth Pillar”
“The Tenth Pillar Ratification of the Constitution by Virginia,” Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser. (Philadelphia) July 1, 1788. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (075.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0073_03]

Washington's Triumphal Progress to New York (073.05.00)

Washington’s Triumphal Progress to New York
Washington’s Reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, New Jersey, April 1789. [New York]: John Jacob Hipp, ca. 1889. Color lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (073.05.00)
[Digital ID # ppmsca.24336]

Creating the Bill of Rights  |  Demand for a Bill of Rights

Religious Liberty for Virginians, 1776 (75)

Religious Liberty for Virginians, 1776
Virginia Declaration of Rights, annotated by James Madison [ca. May 29–June 12, 1776]. Printed broadside annotated by James Madison. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (75.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0075 – us0075_1]

Virginia Proposes Amendments to the Constitution (75.01.00)

Virginia Proposes Amendments to the Constitution
Richmond, State of Virginia in Convention, Wednesday the 25th of June, 1788. Richmond: 1788. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (75.01.00)
[Digital ID#us0075_01p1]

Madison’s Opinion on State Support of Clergy (76.1)

Madison’s Opinion on State Support of Clergy
[James Madison]. “Memorial and Remonstrance to the Virginia Assembly,” [ca. June 20, 1785]. Manuscript document. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (76.00.01)
[Digital ID#us0076_01]

Women’s Rights (76.01.00)

Women’s Rights
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Anne Willing Bingham, May 11, 1788. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (76.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0076_01p1]

Calls for a Second Constitutional Convention (77.00.01)

Calls for a Second Constitutional Convention
James Madison. Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (77.00.01)
[Digital ID# us0077_01p1]

Bill of Rights Rejected at Constitutional Convention (077.01.00)

Bill of Rejected at Constitutional Convention
James Madison. Notes of Debates in the Constitutional Convention, September 12, 1787. Manuscript copy. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (77.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0077_01]

The Constitution in Jeopardy (077.00.03)

The Constitution in Jeopardy
James Madison. Notes of Debates in the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787. Manuscript copy in the hand of John C. Payne. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (077.00.03)
Digital ID # us0077_01p2]

Bill of Rights Seen as a Diversion (78)

Bill of Rights Seen as a Diversion
Jonathan Swift. A Tale of a Tub. London: Charles Bathurst, 1739. Frontispiece engraving by J. Mynde. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (78.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0078]

A “whipsyllabub” or “a tub thrown out to a whale”

A “whipsyllabub” or “a tub thrown out to a whale”
Aedanus Burke. Speech in The Congressional Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the First House of Representatives of the United States of America. New York: Harrisson and Purdy, 1789–1790. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (78.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0078_01]

Continued Debate over the Need for a Bill of Rights (78.02.01)

Jefferson Continues Call for a Bill of Rights
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (78.02.01)
[Digital ID#us0078_02p3]

Absence of Bill of Rights in Constitution Seen as Problem (79)

Absence of Bill of Rights in Constitution Seen as Problem
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, December 20, 1787. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (79.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0079 — us0079_3]

Jefferson Sees Bill of Rights as ... (079.01.01)

Jefferson Sees Bill of Rights as Curb on Executive and Legislative Branches of Government
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, March 15, 1789. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (79.01.01 )
[Digital ID# us0079_01p01; us0079_01p1–us0079_01p5]

Amendments Sent for Ratification (84)

Amendments Sent for Ratification
Proposed Amendments to the Federal Constitution (Bill of Rights), September 1789. Manuscript engrossed and signed by John James Beckley. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (84)
[Digital ID# raadf010]

Proposed Constitutional Amendments (84.1)

Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Proposed Articles of Amendment to the Federal Constitution, September 14, 1789. Broadside. New York: Thomas Greenleaf. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (84.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0084_01p1; us0084_01p2]

Proposed Constitutional Amendments (84.02.01)

Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Amendments Proposed to be Added to the Federal Constitution by the Congress of the United States of America. Boston: Thomas Adams, 1790. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (84.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0084_02 — us0084_02p3]

African Colony for Freed Slaves (85)

African Colony for Freed Slaves
James Madison. Memorandum on a African Colony for Freed Slaves, ca. October 20, 1789. Manuscript. William Thornton Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (85.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0085 — us0085_1]

Jefferson Tallies State Ratifications of “Rights”

Jefferson Tallies State Ratifications of “Rights”
Thomas Jefferson. “Tabulation of State Votes on Amendments to the Constitution,” 1789–1791. Manuscript document. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
(85.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0085_01]

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