Notes on the Constitution of the United States [electronic resource] : preceded by the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance for the Government of the Northwest Territory, the text of the Constitution with an analytical index, a monograph by William M. Meigs, on the growth of the Constitution in the Federal Convention of 1787, and an article on constitutional construction and interpretation / by Thomas H. Culvert ; compiled under the editorial supervision of William M. McKinney.