Helen E. Veit is associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791; Kenneth R. Bowling serves as co-editor of the DHFFC and is the author of The Creation of Washington, D.C.; Charlene Bangs Bickford, director and co-editor of DHFFC, is the coauthor with Kenneth Bowling of Birth of a Nation: The First Federal Congress, 1789-1791.

Likely the most accessible and useful source of primary materials to come out of the nation's recognition of the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Creating the Bill of Rights is a welcome addition to American constitutional scholarship. American Studies International

• ForewordIntroduction Editorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Legislative HistoryChapter 1. Amendments to the Constitution Part II: Debates in the House of RepresentativesChapter 2. May 1789Chapter 3. June 1789Chapter 4. July 1789Chapter 5. August 1789Part III: Letters and Other DocumentsChapter 6. March 1789Chapter 7. April 1789Chapter 8. May 1789Chapter 9. June 1789Chapter 10. July 1789Chapter 11. August 1789Chapter 12. September–October 1789Biographical GazetteerIndex

Helen E. Veit is associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791; Kenneth R. Bowling serves as co-editor of the DHFFC and is the author of The Creation of Washington, D.C.; Charlene Bangs Bickford, director and co-editor of DHFFC, is the coauthor with Kenneth Bowling of Birth of a Nation: The First Federal Congress, 1789-1791.

Likely the most accessible and useful source of primary materials to come out of the nation's recognition of the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Creating the Bill of Rights is a welcome addition to American constitutional scholarship. American Studies International

• ForewordIntroduction Editorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Legislative HistoryChapter 1. Amendments to the Constitution Part II: Debates in the House of RepresentativesChapter 2. May 1789Chapter 3. June 1789Chapter 4. July 1789Chapter 5. August 1789Part III: Letters and Other DocumentsChapter 6. March 1789Chapter 7. April 1789Chapter 8. May 1789Chapter 9. June 1789Chapter 10. July 1789Chapter 11. August 1789Chapter 12. September–October 1789Biographical GazetteerIndex

Helen E. Veit is associate editor of the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791; Kenneth R. Bowling serves as co-editor of the DHFFC and is the author of The Creation of Washington, D.C.; Charlene Bangs Bickford, director and co-editor of DHFFC, is the coauthor with Kenneth Bowling of Birth of a Nation: The First Federal Congress, 1789-1791.

Likely the most accessible and useful source of primary materials to come out of the nation's recognition of the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Creating the Bill of Rights is a welcome addition to American constitutional scholarship. American Studies International

• ForewordIntroduction Editorial MethodAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPart I: Legislative HistoryChapter 1. Amendments to the Constitution Part II: Debates in the House of RepresentativesChapter 2. May 1789Chapter 3. June 1789Chapter 4. July 1789Chapter 5. August 1789Part III: Letters and Other DocumentsChapter 6. March 1789Chapter 7. April 1789Chapter 8. May 1789Chapter 9. June 1789Chapter 10. July 1789Chapter 11. August 1789Chapter 12. September–October 1789Biographical GazetteerIndex