tc. (1888). The most
valuable commentary on the Constitution, "The Federalist," is to be
found in several editions of which the more recent are by E. H. Scott
(1895) and P. L. Ford (1898).

A large part of the so-called original documents or first-hand sources
of information is to be found in letters and private papers of prominent
men. For most readers there is nothing better than the "American
Statesmen Series," from which the following might be selected: H. C.
Lodge's "George Washington" (2 vols., 1889) and "Alexander Hamilton"
(1882); J. T. Morse's "Benjamin Franklin" (1889), "John Adams" (1885),
and "Thomas Jefferson" (1883); Theodore Roosevelt's "Gouverneur Morris,"
(1888). Other readable volumes are P. L. Ford's "The True George
Washington" (1896) and "The Many-sided Franklin" (1899); F. S. Oliver's
"Alexander Hamilton, An Essay on American Union" (New ed. London, 1907);
W. G. Brown's "Life of Oliver Ellsworth" (1905); A. McL. Hamilton's "The
Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton" (1910); James Schouler's "Thomas
Jefferson" (1893); Gaillard Hunt's "Life of James Madison" (1902).

Of the collections of documents it may be worth while to notice:
"Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States," 5 vols.
(1894-1905); B. P. Poore's "Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial
Charters, etc.," 2 vols. (1877); F. N. Thorpe's "The Federal and State
Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and other Organic Laws", 7 vols.
(1909); and the "Journals of the Continental Congress" (1904-1914),
edited from the original records in the Library of Congress by
Worthington C. Ford and Gaillard Hunt, of which 23 volumes have
appeared, bringing the records down through 1782.

NOTES ON THE PORTRAITS OF MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION WHO SIGNED
THE CONSTITUTION

BY VICTOR HUGO PALTSITS

Forty signatures were attached to the Constitution of the United
States in the Federal Convention on September 17, 1787, by thirty-nine
delegates, representing twelve States, and the secretary of the
Convention, as the attesting officer. George Washington, who signed as
president of the Convention, was a delegate from Virginia. There
are reproduced in this volume the effigies or pretended effigies
of thirty-seven of them, from etchings by Albert Rosenthal in an
extra-illustrated volume devoted to the Members of the Federal
Convention, 1787, in the Thomas Addis Emmet Collection owned by the
New York Public Library. The autographs are from the