LibGuides: U.S. Constitution: Further Reading

Library of Congress Call Numbers

E - History of the Americas: America and the United States

J - General Legislative and Executive Papers

JJ - Political Institutions and Public Administration (North America)

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Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution traces the Constitution's progress from Philadelphia through each of the state ratifying conventions. It includes the official records of the conventions and also notes and commentaries about the Constitution published during and after ratification.