Research Guides: Documents from the Pre-Federal Period (pre-1789): Constitution

Constitution and Constitutional Convention

The Constitution and the Constitutional Convention
Title	Format	Location	Notes
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Max Farrand	online	A Century of Lawmaking, Library of Congress, vols. 1-3 HeinOnline	About, Library of Congress
Supplement to Max Farrand's The records of the Federal Convention of 1787	print	Main Libr JK141 1966a Suppl
The records of the Federal convention of 1787, Max Farrand Best Bet	print	Main Ref KF4510 .F3 1987	Includes the supplement.
Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America	print	Govt Doc Z 2.1:Se2/1
	online	HeinOnline U.S. Congressional Serial Set HathiTrust
Journal, acts and proceedings of the convention, assembled at Philadelphia, Monday, May 14, and dissolved Monday, September 17, 1787, which formed the Constitution of the United States	print	Special Collections
	online	HeinOnline HathiTrust
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (Elliot's Debates) Best Bet	online	A Century of Lawmaking, Library of Congress HeinOnline HathiTrust	About, Library of Congress
Documentary history of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1787-1870. Derived from the records, manuscripts and rolls deposited in the Bureau of rolls and library of the Department of State Best Bet	print	Govt Ref S 8.2: D 65/
	online	HeinOnline HathiTrust