The Mystery of the Pinckney DraughtNott, Charles C.
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The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Nott, Charles C.
Constitutional history -- United States; Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824
Draught of Committee of Detail.
Reported by committee, p. 70
Description of, p. 71, 72, 234
Washington's copy of, p. 74
The notes by Major Jackson, p. 74
Agreement with Pinckney's draught, p. 79, 81, 255, 273
The "divide" in the march of the framers, p. 76
The compromises subsequent to the draught, p. 77
Sparks' analysis of it, p. 149
Sparks' test, p. 153, 156
Madison's non-reply to Sparks, p. 155, 156
The misplacing of veto power, p. 183, 220
The treason provisions, p. 185, 221
The Supreme Court jurisdiction clause, p. 191
The draught not yet written, p. 203
The preamble taken from Pinckney, p. 214
How the committee followed Pinckney, p. 215
The committee overrule Wilson, p. 222
Limit of time for preparing, p. 232, 235, 248
Engrossed on Pinckney's as copy for printer, p. 236, 241
"Delivered in" figuratively, p. 236
The most important document of the convention, p. 226
Printing of the draught, p. 233
The real authors of the draught, p. 165
Draught of Pinckney
Presented to the convention, p. 429
Lost, p. 4, 224
The Department copy, p. 4
Description of, p. 16
Madison's Note to the, p. 58
When written, p. 86
The term, "The law of the land," p. 179
Provisions described in the Observations, p. 182
The misplacing of the veto power, p. 183, 220
The militia, p. 188
Randolph recognizes and uses, Art 11, p. 196
Article 11 described in the Observations, p. 198
Publicity attending Pinckney's draught, p. 201, 274
Used as printers' copy and destroyed, p. 236
Never discussed in convention, p. 257
Exaggerated value set upon it, p. 258
Provisions not adopted by the committee, p. 268
Provisions not in the Department case, p. 271
Provisions rejected, p. 263
Its inferiority in detail to the committee's, p. 153
Draught of Randolph.
Description of, p. 161
The annotations of Rutledge, p. 164
Compensation of Senators, p. 163
The joint work of Randolph and Rutledge, p. 165
A disheveled draught, p. 190
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in, p. 191
Recognizes and uses Pinckney's Art. 11, p. 196
Draughts of Wilson.
His three draughts, p. 160
Description of his 3d, p. 161
The annotations of Rutledge, p. 161
Wilson's preamble, p. 166,
Charges against Pinckney, p. 168
The word "our," p. 169, 171
Articles which are not Wilson's, p. 182
The proper placing of the veto power, p. 183, 220
The treason provisions, p. 185, 221
The militia provisions, p. 188
Draught, rough.
What it is, p. 20
Pinckney's not a rough draught, p. 10, 11
Wilson's rough draught, p. 166
Duer, William A.
Madison's letter to, p. 36, 45
His position in New York, p. 45
Election of Representatives
By the people, p. 9, 85, 91, 93, 94, 95, 97
Pinckney's change of mind, p. 85, 87, 94, 96
Agreement of Articles III and V with Observations, p. 90, 93
Vote of convention, p. 95
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