Friends of the Constitution

Writings of the “Other” Federalists

By Colleen A. Sheehan and Gary L. McDowell

$21.00


Publication Date: January 1998

About this book

A collection of deeply important writings

There were many writers other than John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton who, in 1787 and 1788, argued for the Constitution’s ratification. In a collection central to our understanding of the American founding, Friends of the Constitution brings together forty-nine of the most important of these “other” Federalists’ writings.


Hardback | 573 pages | 6×9 | Published January 1998 | ISBN 978-0-86597-154-7

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Editor’s Note

Introduction: “The ‘Other’ Federalist Papers: A Preliminary Sketch” – Herbert J. Storing

1

Address to the People of the United States” Benjamin Rush

12

Circular to the States – George Washington

16

A Pennsylvania Farmer

i9

Monitor

27

Common Sense

31

Philodemos

36

A Federalist

44

“An Essay on the Means of Promoting Federal Sentiments in the United States” – Nicholas Collin

67

Fabius – John Dickinson

76

Speech – James Wilson

88

A Freeman – Tench Coxe

102

Speech – James Wilson

109

Philo-Publius – William Duer

i13

State Soldier

115

Extract of Letter to Charles Carter – George Washington

127

A Citizen of New York – John Jay

154

Speech – Benjamin Franklin

164

Socius

167

America – Noah Webster

179

A Countryman – Roger Sherman

183

A Citizen of Philadelphia – Peletiah Webster

194

Speech – Fisher Ames

202

Speech – James Wilson

227

Fabius – John Dickinson

231

Speech – James Wilson

236

Alfredus – Samuel Tenney

247

An American Citizen – Tench Coxe

260

A Citizen of New Haven – Roger Sherman

274

Remarks on the New Plan of Government – Hugh Williamson

282

Essay to the People of Connecticut

286

Letters – Oliver Ellsworth

316

One of Four Thousand

325

The Letters – Caesar

338

Essays – Atticus

341

The Essay – Cato

348

A Democratic Federalist

361

Convention

378

State Soldier

379

A Citizen of America – Noah Webster

416

A Foreign Spectator – Nicholas Collin

427

Crito – Stephen Hopkins

440

Civis – David Ramsey

457

One of the People Called Quakers

469

An American Citizen – Tench Coxe

477

Elihu

480

A Landholder – Oliver Ellsworth

487

Fabius – John Dickinson

502

Oration on the Foruth of July – James Wilson

508

Remarks at the Closing of the Federal Convention – Benjamin Franklin

518

Epilogue

About the Editors


Colleen A. Sheehan is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University.

Gary L. McDowell is the Tyler Haynes Interdisciplinary Professor of Leadership Studies, Political Science, and Law at the University of Richmond in Virginia. From 1992 to 2003 he was the Director of the Institute of United States Studies in the University of London

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