Jonathan Elliot (1784–1846) was a 19th-century American historian who produced two influential collections of documents connected with the early American republic. The first was a five-volume collection entitled The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (commonly called Elliot's Debates), which encompassed the time between the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the opening of the government under the newly ratified constitution in 1789.
Jonathan Elliot (1784–1846) was a significant figure in American historical scholarship from the 19th century. His first major work, "The Debates," was a five-volume collection that examined the key events and debates surrounding the adoption of the Federal Constitution between 1787 and 1789.