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
Journal, The, of Madison.
Its completeness, p. 40
Omission of Pinckney's draught, p. 40
Publication of, p. 52, 63
His best appreciated work, p. 40
To be edited by Mrs. Madison, p. 63
Edited by Henry D. Gilpin, p. 5, 29
Madison method of writing, p. 122
Is the journal evidence against Pinckney, p. 275
It must be received as history, p. 277
King, Rufus.
Mr. Adams' conversation with King, p. 145
King considered as a witness, p. 146
Pierce's description of King, p. 282
Knox, General Henry.
Washington's letter to him, p. 128
Law of the Land.
See Supreme Law of the Land.
Library company of Philadelphia.
Order to the librarian directing him to "furnish the gentlemen" of the
convention with books, p. 240
McLaughlin, Professor,
Discovers a draught of Wilson, p. 158
Discovers report in confederated congress, August, 1786, "written in
Pinckney's own hand," p. 260
Madison, President.
His troubled life, p. 54
His failing memory, p. 52, 54, 81
His only alternative, p. 38
His age, p. 53, 54
His failure to testify, p. 38
His ignorance of the draught, p. 30, 38, 40, 53
His "Note" to the "Plan," p. 58
His "editorial footnote" to the "Note," p. 62, 63
His charges against the draught, p. 63
His objections to Pinckney's draught, p. 5, 6, 7, 43, 45, 46
His poor opinion of Pinckney, p. 32, 53
Most diligent member of convention, p. 80
His letters, p. 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 45, 54, 63, 107, 108, 109, 110,
129, 214
His comparison of the draught with the Constitution, p. 143, 156, 157
His silence on the primary issue, p. 156
His adroit management, p. 43, 157
Madison on the "object of the Union," p. 214
His and Pinckney's the constructive minds of the convention, p. 264
They agreed as to State legislation, p. 265, 267
They did not attempt to frame a compromise, p. 266
The work of one agrees with the work of the other, p. 267
Their names should be closely associated, p. 268
Madison's Journal. See Journal.
Mrs. Madison
Her rescue of Washington's portrait, p. 56
Intended editor of the Journal, p. 63
Marshall, Chief Justice.
Moulded the Constitution, p. 27
His majestic judicial reign, p. 37
Martin Luther.
His resolution relating to the "Supreme law of the respective States," p. 179
His language a compromise, p. 181
Massachusetts
Constitution furnishes provisions for Pinckney's draught, p. 83, 84, 250
Massachusetts and New York alone paid in full their quota, p. 249
Preamble of the Constitution derived from constitution of
Massachusetts, p. 169
The word "posterity" unrestricted, p. 170
Meigs, William M.
His "Growth of the Constitution," p. 161
Reproduces the Randolph draught in facsimile, p. 161
Growth of the Constitution
cited and quoted, p. 189, 192
Militia, The.
Pinckney's draught a radical departure, p. 188
Not authorized by the convention, p. 188
Pinckney's draught followed by Wilson rejected by the committee, p. 189
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