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The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught

by Charles C. NOTT (1827 - 1916)

06 - The Position Taken by Madison

Charles Pinckney, member of the South Carolina legislature, Confederation Congress, U.S. Congress, and notably the Constitutional Convention of 1787, may have been regarded by some as perhaps the true author of the U.S. Constitution, although most likely James Madison would vehemently argue the point. This book investigates what may, or may not have happened to the draft of the Constitution which was drawn up by Charles Pinckney and submitted to the Constitutional Convention in May of 1787, and how (or if) it differed from the Constitution which was adopted. The questions which are delved into most deeply revolve around the following mystery: why, if, and by whom Pinckney's version of this important document was overlooked, or was it possibly destroyed intentionally (or for other reasons).Author Charles C. Nott was formerly Chief Justice of the United States Court of Claims, appointed by president Lincoln. (Summary by Roger Melin)

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Listen next episodes of The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught:
07 - The Plagiarisms , 08 - The Improbabilities , 09 - The Observations , 10 - The Silence of Madison , 11 - The Wilson and Randolph Draughts , 12 - The Committee's Use of the Draught , 13 - What Became of the Draught , 14 - What Pinckney Did for the Constitution , 15 - Conclusions on the Whole Case , 16 - Of Pinckney Personally , 17 - Mr. Charles Pinckney's Draught of a Federal Government , 18 - Draught of the Committee of Detail