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  Writings from the Tory side of the period? The "anti-Federalists"?

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  I am currently doing a detail read of the Federalist Papers along with commentary. I had previously read several of the actual papers but have never read them all back-to-back.
  
  One of the things I am doing while sticking around the Revolutionary Period is actively seeking books written about or from the British side of that whole time. I have found several. I'd like to know if there was a Tory version of Common Sense, for example.
  
  In that same vein, I was wondering if there are writings similar to the Federalists Papers that express the other views of the proposed constitution. Not books - the actual pamphlets or newspaper articles in the style of (and in rebuttal to, I'm certain) of the FPs. I believe that reading both sides will help flesh out more of that most fascinating era for me.
  
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  DL

  Dog Lover - very limited time online for the foreseeable future started this discussion 2 years ago. ( reply | permalink )

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  wilssearch 

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  There is the Anti-Federlist papers which is a compendium of the articles written by Patrick Henry et al. I believe that they wrote a responding article for each of the Federalist essays. I am using a book for each and comparing and contrasting rather than the originals. I believe they were published in a Philadelphia newspaper while the Federalists were originally published in New York. I am not sure where to find the originals. If you have a reference I would like to know if I can find them online. I have yet to look due to lack of time.

  I am currently enrolled in an online class at AMU on the Rev War - US Military History Masters degree. I am much more interested in the military aspects than the political aspects - hence the secondary sources for politics, economics, and social aspects of the time.

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    Dog Lover - very limited time online for the foreseeable future 

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    Thanks...

    Since originally posting I found those Anti-Federalists Papers on Kindle and a LOT of other books from the British perspective. Haven't read'em all yet (the TBR pile is staggering) but I hope to make great inroads into the stack.

    http://www.shelfari.com/books/4346603/Anti-Federalist-Papers

    This looks good to but I haven't downloaded it - http://www.shelfari.com/books/39015/The-Anti-Federalist-Papers-and-the-Constitutional-Convention-Deb

    I've read other stuff by Ketcham and respect him.

    DL

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  Mark K 

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  Cecilia Kenyon also edited a collection of Anti-Federalist writings for the old American Heritage series:

  http://www.shelfari.com/books/3179257/The-Antifederalists-%28Northeastern-Classics%29

  Kenyon's collection was reprinted a couple of decades later by Northeastern Press, so you shouldn't have difficulty finding a copy. If you'd like to read an analysis of the Anti-Federalists, the book to turn to would be Jackson Turner Main's The Anti Federalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788:

  http://www.shelfari.com/books/719562/The-Anti-Federalists-Critics-of-the-Constitution-1781-1788-%28The-

  As for the Tory perspective, the American Heritage Series also did a collection of tracts about the American Revolution; I have a copy, but I haven't read it yet so I don't know if it includes any writings from the Tory perspective. I'll let you know if it does.

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