[Bill of Rights] Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights in a Local New York Newspaper

The New-York Journal and Weekly Register
New-York: Printed and Published by Thomas Greenleaf, Thursday, June 11, 1789. Vol. XLIII, No. 29, Total Numb. 2404. Printed newspaper. Folio. (4) pp. Disbound.

One of the earliest newspapers--possibly only the second--to report on James Madison's proposed Bill of Rights. On the second page, second column is a report on Madison's landmark June 8 speech to Congress, where he asked his colleagues "to take into consideration the subject of amendments." It is followed by a report of debates between members of Congress on the matter, and Madison's submission of nine proposed amendments.

Madison's nine proposed amendments, drawn from numerous sources, grew to seventeen, but was then narrowed to twelve. Ten were ultimately ratified by 1791, becoming what would later be referred to as the Bill of Rights. This newspaper reporting is evidently preceded only by the June 10 report in the Gazette of the United States, the semi-official Federalist Party newspaper also based in New York.

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[Bill of Rights] Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights in a Local New York Newspaper

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