Produced by the Bookworm, <bookworm.librivox AT gmail.com>, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) The Journal of the Debates in the Convention Which Framed The Constitution of the United States May-September, 1787 As Recorded by James Madison Edited by Gaillard Hunt In Two Volumes Volume I. G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1908 The Knickerbocker Press, New York [Illustration] CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PAGE The Records of the Constitutional Convention (Introduction by the Editor) vii Chronology xix Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 1 [Illustration] [Illustration] LIST OF FAC-SIMILES. FACING PAGE First Page of Madison's Journal, actual size 2 Charles Pinckney's Letter 20 The Pinckney Draft 22 Hamilton's Principal Speech 154 [Illustration] [Illustration] THE RECORDS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.