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To: Honey_Bee who wrote (322893)	12/14/2021 1:37:49 PM
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The Bill Of Rights, which can be viewed today in the Rotunda of the National Archives Building in Washington DC, was introduced by fourth U.S. President-to-be James Madison. (He originally drafted 19 amendments, but the list was whittled down to 10.) The Anti-Federalists had been hesitating to approve the Constitution as originally written, and it was Thomas Jefferson who suggested to Madison that a Bill Of Rights was what they needed, to guarantee “what the people are entitled to against every government on earth.” I bought a book, I think suggested by Neeka about the Constitution. It was a great read. I originally thought that the Bill of Rights was part of that process. Perhaps in the antiquity of my memory, I was taught correctly in school. Some of the Founders argued for inclusion and others were opposed as they felt it was implied at a higher level. So the Constitution was ratified before the Bill of Rights although. Some other aspects that I didn't know - Washington hardly said a word during the months they worked on the Constitution. Ben Franklin was so frail they carried him in and he wrote what he wanted to say and someone else read it. It was really hot that summer.... The proceedings were kept secret and it appears there were no leaks.