Additional Resources
This page contains a curated list of resources on the history of the Pennsylvania Constitution. To the extent possible, links are to publicly accessible copies of the sources listed. Where that is not possible, the link directs to an online database.
Books
Rosalind L. Branning, Pennsylvania Constitutional Development (1960)
J. Paul Selsam, The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776: A Study in Revolutionary Democracy (1936)
Robert E. Woodside, Pennsylvania Constitutional Law (1985)
Articles
Bruce Ledewitz, Summary of Pennsylvania Constitutional Law, PA Constitution
Convention Records
1776
Bill of Rights and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Minutes of the 1776 Convention
1789-90
Text of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Minutes of the 1789-1790 Convention: (Part 1) (Part 2)
1837-38
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1837-1838 (original) (published, vol. 1)
1872-73
The Constitutional Convention of 1872-1873
Journal of the Convention to Amend the Constitution, 1872-1873: Volume 1 (November 27, 1872 - June 19, 1873) - Volume 2 (June 20 - December 27, 1873)
1967-68
Journal of the Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968: Volume 1 (December 1, 1967 – February 9, 1968) - Volume 2 (February 12 – 29, 1968)
Records of the 1967-68 Convention
Government Publications
Current Edition of Pennsylvania Manual
Additional Databases
Pennsylvania Constitution, Duquesne University
The Constitution of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania General Assembly