The Documentary Edition

Located at The George Washington University, the First Federal Congress Project is preparing a comprehensive 19 volume edition of the official and unofficial papers of the FFC in the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791 (DHFFC). Fourteen volumes have been published by the Johns Hopkins University Press to date, including 8 volumes of official records (journals [1-3], legislative histories [4-6], Petition Histories: Revolutionary War--Related Claims [7] and Petition Histories and Nonlegislative Official Documents [8]) and the six volume debates series (The Diary of Senator William Maclay and Other Notes on Senate Debates [9] and 5 volumes of Debates in the House of Representatives [10-14]). All volumes of the series are available from the publisher, The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Other FFCP Activities

The First Federal Congress Project also serves as a research center on the First Federal Congress, assisting researchers, the federal government, attorneys, members of the media, and others to research and understand this critically important Congress. Project staff members have lectured widely on subjects related to the First Federal Congress and taught numerous teacher training institutes and college courses. The FFCP staff has also published two additional books: Bickford, Charlene Bangs and Kenneth R. Bowling, (Madison House, Madison, WI, 1989), a concise history of the First Federal Congress. Helen E. Veit, Charlene Bangs Bickford and Kenneth R. Bowling eds. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1991).

Contacting the Staff

Project staff includes Charlene Bangs Bickford, coeditor and project director, Kenneth R. Bowling, coeditor, Helen E. Veit, associate editor, and William C. diGiacomantonio, associate editor.

Address (all staff): First Federal Congress Project 2120 L St. NW, Suite 255 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 Phone (all staff): 202-676-6777 Fax (all staff): 202-496-9055 email: Bickford--bickford@gwu.edu Bowling--kbowling@gwu.edu Veit--heveit@gwu.edu diGiacomantonio--chuck1@gwu.edu

List of Volumes in

Vol. 1. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Marlene Siegel, Assistant Editors. 1972. 874 pp. ISBN 0-8018-1280-1

Vol. 2. Linda Grant DePauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Marlene Siegel, Assistant Editors. 1974. 574 pp. ISBN 0-8018-1572-X

Vol. 3. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Siegel Hauptman, Associate Editors. 1977. 900 pp. ISBN 0-8018-1819-2

Vol. 4. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1986. 711 pp. ISBN 0-8018-3163-6

Vol. 5. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1986. 776 pp. ISBN 0-8018-3167-9

Vol. 6. Charlene Bangs Bickford and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1986. 736 pp. ISBN 0-8018-3169-5

Vol. 7. Charlene Bangs Bickford, William C. diGiacomantonio, and Kenneth R. Bowling, Editors. 1998. 636 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5565-9

Vol. 8. Charlene Bangs Bickford, William C. diGiacomantonio, and Kenneth R. Bowling, Editors. 1998. 912 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5566-7

Vol. 9. Kenneth R. Bowling and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1988. 560 pp. ISBN 0-8018-3535-6

Vol. 10. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1992. 864 pp. ISBN 0-8018-4177- 1

Vol. 11. Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1992. 768 pp. ISBN 0-8018-4178- X

Vol. 12. Helen E. Veit, Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and William C. diGiacomantonio, Editors. 1995. 976 pp. ISBN 0-8018-4576-9

Vol. 13. Helen E. Veit, Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, and William C. diGiacomantonio, Editors. 1995. 888 pp. ISBN 0-8018-4577-7

Vol. 14. William C. diGiacomantonio, Kenneth R. Bowling, Charlene Bangs Bickford, and Helen E. Veit, Editors. 1996. 1,000 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5015-0