JAMES MADISON, New York, to THOMAS JEFFERSON, Paris., 1787

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Observations on the Constitutional Convention. Federal government to operate on individuals not on the states. Division of power between executive and legislative branches, and between Federal and State governments. Adjustment of interests of large and small states. Sectional interests. Extensive discussion of precedents and questions involved in these matters. Reasons why only three Virginia names are subscribed to the Constitution. Discussion of public opinion of the Constitution, state by state. References to Samuel Chase, Patrick Henry, James Innes, Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, James McClurg, John Marshall, George Mason, James Mercer, William Paca, Mann Page, Edmund Pendleton, George Washington, and George Wythe. [89]

Physical description:

L. 19 pp. Extract by N. P. Trist, ca. 1830, Virginia J. Trist, Cornelia J. Randolph, and Martha J. Randolph assisting. Printed: Barnett VIII 662.

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