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The Anti-Federalist Papers in the Dover Thrift Editions American History series gathers writings from the public debate over ratification of the United States Constitution between 1787 and 1789. Although the volume is associated with Patrick Henry, the Anti-Federalist case was not the work of a single author or a unified committee. It emerged through speeches, essays, letters, and pamphlets by opponents of ratification, many published under pseudonyms or linked to figures such as Henry, George Mason, Richard Henry Lee, George Clinton, and others. The collection belongs to American political history, constitutional studies, and political theory. Its purpose is to preserve the arguments of those who feared that the proposed Constitution would create a consolidated national government too distant from the people and too powerful for republican liberty. Read alongside The Federalist Papers, it clarifies why the Bill of Rights became politically necessary and why debates over federal power, representation, and civil liberties remain central to American constitutional interpretation.