Publications

The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791:: Vol. 1. Senate Legislative Journal. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Marlene Siegel, Assistant Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1972), 800 pages, ISBN 0-8018-1280-1.; Vol. 2. Senate Executive Journal and Related Documents. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Marlene Siegel, Assistant Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1974), 592 pages, ISBN 0-8018-1572-X.; Vol. 3. House of Representatives Journal. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford, and LaVonne Siegel Hauptman, Associate Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1977), 466 pages, ISBN 0-8018-1819-2.; Vol.4. Legislative Histories: Amendments to the Constitution through Foreign Officers Bill [HR-1 16]. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1986), 800 pages, ISBN 0-8018-3163-6.; Vol. 5. Legislative Histories: Funding Act [HR-63] through Militia Bill [HR1l2]. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1986), 776 pages, ISBN 0-8018-3167-9.; Vol. 6. Legislative Histories: Mitigation of Fines Bill [HR-38] through Resolution on Unclaimed Western Lands. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1986), 736 pages, ISBN 0-8018-3169-5.; Vol. 7: Petition Histories: Revolutionary War-related Claims. Charlene Bangs Bickford, William C. diGiacomantonio, and Kenneth R. Bowling., editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1997), 648 pages, ISBN 0-8018-5565-9.; Vol. 8: Petition Histories and Non-Legislative Official Documents. Charlene Bangs Bickford, William C. diGiacomantonio. and Kenneth R. Bowling, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1998), 648 pages, ISBN 0-8018-5566-7.; Vol. 9. The Diary of William Maclay and Other Notes on Senate Debates. Kenneth R. Bowling and Helen E. Veit, Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1988), 560 pages, ISBN 0-8018-3535-6 (cloth), 0-8018-3683-2 (paper).; Vol. 10. Debates in the House of Representatives, First Session, April-May 1789. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Helen E. Veit, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1992), 864 pages, ISBN0-8018-4177-1.; Vol. 11. Debates in the House of Representatives, First Session, June-September, 1789. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Helen E. Veit, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1992), 768 pages, ISBN 0-8018-4178-X.; Vol. 12. Debates in the House of Representatives, Second Session, January-March 1790. Helen E. Veit, Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and William C. diGiacomantonio, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995), 976 pages, ISBN 0-8018-4576-9.; Vol. 13. Debates in the House of Representatives, Second Session, April-August, 1790. Helen E. Veit, Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and William C. diGiacomantonio, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995), 888 pages, ISBN 0-8018-4577-7.; Vol. 14. Debates in the House of Representatives: Third Session, December 1790-March 1791. William C. di Giacomantonio, Kenneth R. Bowling, Charlene Bangs Bickford, and Helen E. Veit, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996), 1,000 pages, ISBN 0-8018-5015-0.; Vol. 14. Debates in the House of Representatives: Third Session, December 1790-March 1791. William C. di Giacomantonio, Kenneth R. Bowling, Charlene Bangs Bickford, and Helen E. Veit, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996), 1,000 pages, ISBN 0-8018-5015-0.; Vol. 15. Correspondence: First Session, March--May 1789. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, and William C. diGiacomantonio, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2004), 677 pages (+75 pages prefatory material), ISBN 0-8018-7160-3.; Vol. 16. Correspondence: First Session, June--August 1789. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, and William C. diGiacomantonio, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2004), 762 pages, ISBN 0-8018-7161-1.; Vol. 17. Correspondence: First Session, September--November 1789. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, and William C. diGiacomantonio, editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2004), 680 pages (including 202 page index to three volume set) ISBN 0-8018-7162-X.

Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress. edited by Helen E. Veit, Kenneth R. Bowling and Charlene Bangs Bickford (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1991), 348 pages, ISBN 0-8018-4100-3.

Bickford, Charlene Bangs and Kenneth R. Bowling, Birth of the Nation: The First Federal Congress, 1789-1791. (Madison House, Madison, Wisconsin, 1989), 116 pages, ISBN 0-9618400-1-3.

A 'Tub to the Whale': The Founding Fathers and the Adoption of the Federal Bill of Rights," Journal of the Early Republic. 8 (1988) 223-51.

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		"The most complete record imaginable of the early interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution. With so many historical, legal, and political debates revolving around the constitutional amendments framed by the First Congress, this publication project is one of immense importance." --Jeffrey L. Pasley, Journal of the Early Republic

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