[Las Vegas Ron]

You said that he co-wrote the Constitution, and you’re not even sure if he was a delegate to the Convention where it was written or not?

It was an honest answer....want me to bullshit you and make some thing up?

I recollect that John Jay co wrote the Constitution and didn't sign because there was no BOR's....am looking for validation but in the mean time a BBQ is calling so I'll have to pick this up again tomorrow.

Hope you have a good evening!!!

[RegulatorCountry]

I recall that regarding George Mason, not John Jay.

[Publius]

The Education of John Jay

Excellent scholarly article. It should help you out.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

John Jay wasn't a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He wanted to be, but the New York legislature figured that since they were already going to send Hamilton, who was a strong Federalist, they didn't want to send another strong Federalist. Instead they sent two moderates who could outvote Hamilton if it came to it.

Jay did co-author some of the Federalist Papers arguing for ratification after the Constitution was writtten, mostly on the subject of foreign relations, since that was his specialty.

It was the anti-Federalists, most notably Patrick Henry of Virginia, who opposed ratification until the Bill of Rights was added.