None of these may be entirely satisfactory if a book-length study of the convention is required, but I suggest the relevant sections of: Merrill D. Peterson, ed., Democracy, Liberty, and Property: The State Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s (Bobbs-Merrill, 1966), which has a fine introduction, prints excerpts from the speeches, and treats Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. Alison Goodyear Freehling, Drift Toward Dissolution: The Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-1832 (LSU, 1982), which has a chapter or two on the constitutional convention that almost immediately preceded the legislative debates on slavery, putting each in the context of the other. Robert P. Sutton, Revolution to Secession: Constitution Making in the Old Dominion (University of Virginia, 1989), which treats the conventions and constitutions of Virginia up to the Civil War. John Dinan, The Virginia State Constitution, A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 2006), which has nice but short summaries of all of the constitutional conventions and full descriptions of the provisions in each constitution from that of 1776 to that of 1970. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please note the new e-mail address. Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kristofer Ray Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] Books on the 1829 VA Constitutional Convention Hello All-- Today a colleague of mine asked me for good sources on the 1829 VA Constitutional Convention. Off of the top of my head, I wasn't sure what to tell him. There is the _Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention_, of course, but are there any strong monographs devoted to the topic? Thanks-- Kris Kristofer Ray Assistant Professor Department of History Ashland University Ashland, OH 44805 (419) 289-5233