Title Madison's hand : revising the Constitutional Convention / Mary Sarah Bilder

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 358 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles Contents I. Notes Before the Constitutional Convention. The genre of legislative diaries ; The practice of working notes -- II. Learning to Keep a Conventional Diary. The success of the opening days ; Struggling with speeches -- III. Recording the Constitutional Convention. An account of failed strategies ; Acquiring a new role -- IV. Abandoning the Notes. The complexity of drafting ; The Convention's changing relevance -- V. Completing the Notes. Correcting and revising the notes ; The influence of Mr. Jefferson Summary "New digital technologies and traditional historical investigation suggest that James Madison did not finish his famous Notes until after the Convention. The Notes are the most important, and most misunderstood, account of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. This biography of the Notes follows Madison as he created and then repeatedly revised a remarkable manuscript of American history. Originally a diary kept in part for the absent Thomas Jefferson, the Notes highlighted his fascination with the political strategy of drafting. But when the Convention began to draft the details of the Constitution, the complicated process led Madison to abandon his Notes. Only after serving in Congress and drafting new constitutional amendments did Madison return to complete them. By the time the Notes were published a half-century later, the layers of revisions made the Notes appear--inaccurately--to be an objective record of the writing of the Constitution"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-343) and index Notes In English Online resource; title from digital title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed October 1, 2018) Subject Madison, James, 1751-1836. SUBJECT Madison, James, 1751-1836 fast Subject United States. Constitutional Convention (1787). Journal of the Federal Convention. SUBJECT Journal of the Federal Convention (United States. Constitutional Convention : 1787) fast Subject Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Constitutional history United States Genre/Form Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674089006 0674089006 9780674495500 0674495500

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