Jeffrey Rosen explores the life and legacy of Gouverneur Morris, author of the Preamble to the Constitution. Joining him are Melanie Miller, editor of the Gouverneur Morris Papers: Diaries Project, Dennis Rasmussen, Hagerty Family Fellow at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and author of The Constitution’s Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter, and William Treanor, dean of Georgetown University Law Center. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on December 12, 2024.

Resources:

Dennis C. Rasmussen, The Constitution’s Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter, (2023)
William M. Treanor, Gouverneur Morris and the Drafting of the Federalist Constitution, (2023)
William M. Treanor, The Case of the Dishonest Scrivener: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of the Federalist Constitution, (2021)
Melanie Randolph Miller,  An Incautious Man: The Life of Gouveneur Morris, (2008)
Gouverneur Morris Papers
The U.S. Constitution: Preamble
The Federalist Papers
The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Revolution in Government
Gouverneur Morris, “Slavery and Representation,” (Aug. 8, 1787)

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