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Madison's notes on the Bill of Rts

Posted by David Hardy · 13 June 2007 06:44 PM

I found a good copy of James Madison's notes, for his speech introducing the Bill of Rights in the First House, and added (since the ink is faded) a typed version of the critical notes on the left.

The most important section involves Madison's critique of the English Declaration of Rights of 1688/89. He notes it is an act of Parliament (and thus can be repealed), does not protect freedom of press, conscience and other rights, and "arms to protestts" -- it said the subjects "who are Protestant" may have arms for their defense. View image

2 Comments | Leave a comment

RobertJ12 | June 13, 2007 10:40 PM | Reply

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time!!! Does anyone know if an attempt has been made to transcribe the entire note? I think it would be great to see the overall style of the note.

Nimrod45 | June 14, 2007 11:05 AM | Reply

Yes, a transciption would be an invaluable resource.

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