- About Madison’s Notes
- Introduction
- I. Notes before the Constitutional Convention
- 1. The Genre of Legislative Diaries
- 2. The Practice of Working Notes
- II. Learning to Keep a Conventional Diary
- 3. The Success of the Opening Days
- 4. Struggling with Speeches
- III. Recording the Constitutional Convention
- 5. An Account of Failed Strategies
- 6. Acquiring a New Role
- IV. Abandoning the Notes
- 7. The Complexity of Drafting
- 8. The Convention’s Changing Relevance
- V. Completing the Notes
- 9. Correcting and Revising the Notes
- 10. The Influence of Mr. Jefferson
- Conclusion
- The Evidence
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index


Madison’s Hand
Revising the Constitutional Convention
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