Jenkins has numerous historical items in its collection related to the Pennsylvania Constitution and Constitutional Conventions. Listed below are bibliographies, historical pamphlets, and other historical resources and miscellaneous documents that may be of interest when doing historical research.
Additional resources may be available in HeinOnline's State Constitution Illustrated database.
Bibliography of State Constitutional Revision Department of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library, General Library Division
May 31, 1966.
Experience, the Test of Government: in Eighteen Essays / Written during the Years 1805 and 1806; to Aid the Investigation of Principles, and Operation of the Existing Constitution and Laws of Pennsylvania
See No. 3. Attributed to Duane William and Isaac Weaver.
Freedom or Despotism: the Proposed Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution Is Not One of the "Just Powers" of Government By B. Frank Clapp
See No. 6.
A Reading on Article XVI, Section 7, of the Constitution on Pennsylvania: an Address By Richard C. McMurtrie
See No. 6. March 13, 1885.
Some Objections to a Joint Resolution: Passed at the Last Session of the Legislature, and about to be Submitted at the Approaching Session, Recommending to the People of Pennsylvania an Elective Judiciary
See No. 25. December, 1849. No name attributed.
Speech of Richmond L. Jones, in the House of Representative: on the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania
See No. 11. 1868.
Commentaries on the Constitution of Pennsylvania Thomas Raeburn White
Also available on HeinOnline.
The Constitution, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of Pennsylvania in the Seventeenth Century Lawrence Lewis, Jr.
An Examination of the Constitution of Pennsylvania Charles R. Buckalew
Also available on HeinOnline and on Microfiche.
The Genesis of the Charter of Pennsylvania: an Address Hampton L. Carson
Delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia. May 8, 1919.
George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791 Burton Alva Konkle
Amendments to the Constitution of 1838
Ratified 1850, 1857, 1864, 1872.
The Proceedings Relative to Calling the Conventions on 1776 and 1790: the Minutes of the Convention Printed by John S. Wiestling
Also available on Microfiche.
Part III includes "A view of the proceedings of the first session of the council of censors" and "A view of the proceedings of the second session of the council of censors". Part V includes "The act of the 28th of March, 1825, for ascertaining the opinion of the people...relative to the call of a convention".
Report of the Committee to Whom were Referred the Petitions of Citizens Praying for the Passage of a Law Authorizing the Call of a Convention to Alter the Constitution
February 20, 1833.
Resolutions, on the Subject of Calling a Convention to Alter and Amend Certain Parts of the Constitution of this Commonwealth
January 9, 1812.
Appointment vs. Election: Shall the Office of Attorney General in Pennsylvania be Made Elective? Pennsylvania Economy League (Pa-112 - Microforms)
P.E.L. State Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 2, April, 1978.
Governor Appoints - Senate Consents: a Proposed Amendment to Approve the Confirmation Process Pennsylvania Economy League
P.E.L. State Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 2, May 1975.