James madisons notes from the constitutional convention

Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention

* as called for in the Proceedings of the Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government, Annapolis in the State of Maryland. September 14, 1786 (Annapolis Convention)

** footnotes have been renumbered to read consecutively within each document (renumbered on every page in original)

The Appendix in the original is not yet available in this version


Source:
imaged from The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, which framed the Constitution of the United States of America, reported by James Madison, a delegate from the state of Virginia **
Edited by Gaillard Hund and James Brown Scott
Oxford University Press, 1920.

James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention

"A diffusion of knowledge is the only true
guardian of liberty"

-James Madison

James Madison's Notes
From the 1787 Philadelphia Convention
Introduction To The Notes
By Jon Roland
 Preface To The Debates
May1787
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
James madisons notes from the constitutional convention
Madison's notes on the Constitutional Convention of 1787 are available here through the courtesy of Mr. Jon Roland of The Constitution Society who transcribed and digitized the notes for their web site at www.constitution.org.
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James madisons notes from the constitutional convention

Did James Madison take notes at Constitutional Convention?

Madison did not write the version in the Library of Congress on the floor of the convention. He took rough notes and, likely twice a week, sat down and turned them into the manuscript that is now called Madison's notes.

What are the Madison notes?

Madison's Notes is the official podcast of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. The podcast features lectures by and conversations with leading scholars and public figures on topics related to politics, philosophy, religion, history, and more.

What did James Madison do at the Constitutional Convention?

When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled at Philadelphia, the 36-year-old Madison took frequent and emphatic part in the debates. Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays.

When did James Madison publish his notes on the Constitutional Convention?

Since their publication in 1840, James Madison's notes on the framing of the Constitution have been seen as a reliable, real-time account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.