The Delegate from New York, Or, Proceedings of the Federal Convention of 1787

The Delegate from New York, Or, Proceedings of the Federal Convention of 1787
Author: John Lansing
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2002
Genre: Constitutional history
ISBN: 1584772182

John Lansing attended the Constitutional Convention as delegates from New York. His heirs discovered his notes among his papers, they were not published until 1939. They provide a rich new primary source record for scholars of the Convention. Only in Lansing's notes do we find a report of Constitutional questions regarding states' rights.