Documents of the Constitutional Era

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The Articles of Confederation, 1780, by Edmund Pendleton
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=290

The Critical Period and Shays' Rebellion, 1786, by James Bowdoin
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=297

George Washington and the Constitution, by George Washington
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=304

Debates Within the Constitutional Convention, by Pierce Butler
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=305

The Three-Fifth Compromise
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=306

Fugitive Slaves and the Constitution, by Pierce Butler
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=309

Slavery and the Constitution, 1789, by George Clymer
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=321

Ratification Debates, 1787, by Edmund Pendleton
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=311

Ratification Debates, 1788, by John Hancock
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=314

Ratification Debates, 1788, by Henry Knox
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=315

Ratification Debates, 1788, by Walter Stewart
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=316

Ratification Debates, 1788, by George Washington
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=317

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