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The
American Constitution: A Documentary Record
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm
This site contains the documents that laid the foundation for the
conceptions of rights included in the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights. It also contains notes from the Constitutional Convention,
texts from the ratification debates, and state constitutions.
The
Constitution And The Amendments
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
This searchable site, contains the U.S. Constitution, the Amendments,
and Amendments never ratified, allows users to easily search by keywords.
Documents
from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html
This Library of Congress site contains 274 documents relating to the
work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.
The
Federalist Papers
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/federalist/
An on-line version of the Federalist Papers, the essays written by
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to rally support for
the ratification of the Constitution.
The
Constitution