About Madison's notes
Introduction
Notes before the Constitutional Convention. The genre of legislative diaries
The practice of working notes
Learning to keep a Conventional diary. The success of the opening days
Struggling with speeches
Recording the Constitutional Convention. An account of failed strategies
Acquiring a new role
Abandoning the notes. The complexity of drafting
The Convention's changing relevance
Completing the notes. Correcting and revising the notes
The influence of Mr. Jefferson
Conclusion
The evidence.
Madison's hand : revising the Constitutional Convention by Mary Sarah Bilder. ISBN 9780674055278. Published by Harvard University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.