Robert Yates (January 27, 1738 – September 9, 1801) was an American politician, attorney, jurist, and surveyor. As a delegate representing New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Yates is considered a Founding Father of the United States. Best known as a leader of the Anti-Federalist movement, he was the presumed author of political essays published in 1787-1788 under the pseudonyms "Brutus" and "Sydney". The essays opposed the Constitution based on the scope of the national government and the diminished sovereignty of the states. Yates also served as chief justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1790 to 1798. (From Wikipedia)
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Yates, Robert, 1738-1801, contrib.: Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America (Albany: Printed by Websters and Skinners, 1821), by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), also contrib. by Luther Martin and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801, contrib.: Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America (Richmond, VA: W. Curtiss, 1839), by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), also contrib. by Luther Martin and John Lansing
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801, contrib.: Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America (Louisville, KY: A. Mygatt, 1845), by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), also contrib. by Luther Martin and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801, contrib.: Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America (Washington: GPO, 1909), by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), also contrib. by Luther Martin and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
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Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Constitutional chaff. (Columbia university press, 1941), also by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), Jane Butzner, Rufus King, James McHenry, William Pierce, and James Madison (page images at HathiTrust)- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Essays on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788. (Historical Printing Club, 1892), also by Paul Leicester Ford, Charles Pinckney, Hugh Williamson, Spencer Roane, Luther Martin, Daniel Carroll, Samuel Chase, H. H. Brackenridge, Alexander Hamilton, George Clinton, Roger Sherman, William Williams, Oliver Ellsworth, Elbridge Gerry, James Winthrop, and James Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the 1787, : for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America (A. Mygatt, 1838), also by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), Edward Dumbauld, Luther Martin, and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787 (A. Mygatt, 1838), also by United States Constitutional Convention (1787) and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, for the puropose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America. (Printed for G. Templeman, 1836), also by United States Constitutional Convention (1787) and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yates, Robert, 1738-1801: Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787, for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America. (A. Mygatt, 1844), also by United States Constitutional Convention (1787), Luther Martin, and John Lansing (page images at HathiTrust)
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