Essay · 1787
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (principal drafter of final text)
Publication
- Title
- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (principal drafter of final text)
- Author
- Gouverneur Morris (K'S C, Class of 1768)
- Form
- Essay
- First published
- 1787
- Publisher
- As member of the Committee of Style, credited by most historians with authorship of the final preamble wording
Complete works of Gouverneur Morris (24)
- 1779 Observations on the American Revolution · Published by resolution of Congress
- 1780 Letters on Appreciation · Pamphlet on currency depreciation
- 1787 Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (principal drafter of final text) · As member of the Committee of Style, credited by most historians with authorship of the final preamble wording this record
- 1788 An Address to the People of the State of New-York · Constitution ratification pamphlet
- 1800 An Oration, upon the Death of General Washington · Funeral eulogy, delivered New York, Dec. 31, 1799
- 1803 The Speeches of Mr. Ross and Mr. Morris, Delivered in the Senate of the United States · Feb. 24, 1803, on free navigation of the Mississippi & right of deposit
- 1806 Notes on the United States of America · Office of the United States Gazette, Philadelphia
- 1811 Report of the Commissioners Appointed [by the New York Legislature] for Inland Navigation · As President of the Erie Canal Commission
- 1813 An Oration, Delivered July 5th, 1813, before the Washington Benevolent Society · Patriotic society address
- 1813 Discourse Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, at Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1812 · Historical Society anniversary address
- 1814 Advantages of the Proposed Canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River · Correspondence with Robert Fulton on the Erie Canal
- 1816 An Inaugural Discourse, Delivered before the New-York Historical Society · Sept. 4, 1816, on the 206th anniversary of Hudson's discovery of New York
- 1888 The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, Minister of the United States to France (2 vols., ed. Anne Cary Morris) · Posthumous
- 1939 A Diary of the French Revolution (2 vols., ed. Beatrix Cary Davenport) · Posthumous
- 2011 The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: European Travels, 1794–1798 (ed. Melanie Randolph Miller) · Posthumous scholarly edition
- 2018 The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: New York, 1799–1816 (ed. Melanie Randolph Miller) · Posthumous scholarly edition
- 1768 A correct statement of the late melancholy affair of honor
- 1768 An answer to War in disguise
- 1768 An answer to War in disguise, or, Remarks upon the new doctrine of England, concerning neutral trade ...
- 1768 Discourse delivered before the New-York historical society ... 6th December, 1812 ...
- 1768 Papers, ca. 1771-1834
- 1768 Philosophie rurale, ou, Économie générale et politique de l'agriculture
- 1768 The diary and letters of Gouverneur Morris, minister of the United States to France etc
- 1768 To the people of the United States ...
Cite this record
Morris, Gouverneur. Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (principal drafter of final text). As member of the Committee of Style, credited by most historians with authorship of the final preamble wording, 1787.
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