"Bernard Bailyn selected the contents and wrote the headings and notes ..."--V.1, p.[v].

v. 1. Debates in the press and in private correspondence, September 17, 1787-January 12, 1788; Debates in the state ratifying conventions: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts -- v. 2. Debates in the press and in private correspondence, January 14, 1788-August 1788; Debates in the state ratifying conventions: South Carolina, Virginia, New York, North Carolina