The papers of James Madison : purchased by order of the Congress, being his correspondence and reports of debates during the Congress of the Confederation, and his reports of debates in the Federal Convention; now published from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State, by direction of the Joint Library Committee of the Congress, under the supervision of Henry D. Gilpin.

v. 1. Prefatory note
The debate of 1776 on the Declaration of Independence and on a few Articles of Confederation, preserved by Thomas Jefferson
Letters of Mr. Madison preceding the debates of 1783
Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from November 4, 1782 to June 21,1783
Letters contemporary with, and subsequent to the debates of 1783
v. 2. Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to April 25, 1787
Correspondence during and subsequent to the debates in the Congress of the Confederation from February 15, 1787 to November 2,1788
Debates in the Federal Convention from Monday, May 14, 1787 to Monday, August 6, 1787
v. 3. Debates in the Federal Convention, from Tuesday, August 7, 1787 until its final adjournment, Monday, September 17, 1787
Appendix to the debates
References
Index.