Roger Sherman, Ordered Liberty, and the Creation of the American Republic
ABSTRACT
Throughout many years of service at the state and national level, Roger Sherman evinced a commitment to protecting and promoting ordered liberty, yet it is surprising how little scholarship has actually been devoted to him. This conference explored the important contributions of Sherman to the American founding.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Frohnen, Bruce P., eds. The American Republic: Primary Sources. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2002.
Connecticut Farmer [Roger Sherman]. Remarks on a Pamphlet. New Haven: Printed by T and S Green, 1784.
The United States Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjclink.html (accessed 10/21/09).
The United States Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Vol. 2. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905.
The United States Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Vol. 4. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906.
Ford, Paul Leicester, eds. Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 , Brooklyn, N.Y.: Publisher is unknown, 1888.http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1670 (accessed October 21, 2009).
Ford, Paul Leicester, eds. Essays on the Constitution of the United States, Brooklyn, New York: Historical Printing Club, 1892.http://books.google.com/ (Then search by title) (accessed October 21, 2009).
Bickford, Charlene Bangs et al, eds. Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, Volume XI [Debates in the House of Representatives, First Session: June-September, 1789], Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
Bickford, Charlene Bangs, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, eds. Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, Vol. XVI [Correspondence: First Session, June-August 1789], Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Governor and State of Connecticut. Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America. New, London: Timothy Green, 1786.
The United States Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Vol. XXI [1781, July 23-December 31]. Edited by Gailard Hunt, Chief, Division of Manuscripts. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1912.
Adams, John. The Works of John Adams, Volume 6. Edited by Charles Francis Adams. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1851. http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2104/159949 (accessed October 21, 2009).
Boutell, Lewis. The Life of Roger Sherman. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1896.
Connecticut General Assembly, “New Haven Convention Report, 1778.” In Public Records of the State of Connecticut (October 1776 to February 1778 inclusive), edited by Hoadly, Charles (State Librarian), 613-616. Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1894.
James Madison. The Writings of James Madison, Vol. 4. Edited by Gailard Hunt. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1902-1903. http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1941/124399 (accessed September 24, 2009).
Madison, James. The Writings of James Madison, vol. 3 (1787). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902-03.http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1935/118618 (accessed September 24, 2009).
Sherman, Roger. “Letter to Joseph Bellamy, July 23, 1772.” Beinecke Library, Yale University, Jonathan Edwards Collection, General Manuscripts 151, box 28, folder 1538.