Excerpt from The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, Vol. 1: Comprising His Letters, Private and Official, His Public Documents and His Speeches, 1755-1794 Among these, one in particular will claim attention. Mr. King took notes of the Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, of which he was a member. These are now published for the first time, and are confirmatory of the accuracy of Mr. Madison's notes, though perhaps not presenting any materially new matter. It may be here stated, to account for the reproduction of some letters which have appeared in the biographies of many contemporaneous statesmen, that during the life of Mr. Charles King the correspondence was at different times carefully examined by their writers, and such papers or let ters as bore upon these persons were published by them. It is deemed right to introduce them here again, so that their connection with the subject of this work may be preserved and his relations with them may be clearly shown. With these remarks the volumes are now given to the public, the editor believing them to contain matter interest ing for the study of the early periods of the history of the United States, and believing also that they embody the record of an honorable life devoted to the service of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.