Browne had been a shorthand reporter for the U.S. Senate before coming west, and he provides transcripts of the proclamation calling the convention, proceedings of the convention, text of the state constitution adopted by the delegates, and ...

Original edition issued as no. 8 of "South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia," which forms the 13th series of "Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science"

Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the states constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research.