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(9 March 1759 – 17 December 1828) Major in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving on Washington’s staff as Secretary to John Laurens. Nominated as Secretary of the Constitutional Convention by Alexander Hamilton and chosen by the delegates on 25 May 1787. Afterwards practised law at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and served for a time as personal secretary to George Washington while President. [^1] [^1]: [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(secretary)) [American National Biography](https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200193)

(1750 – 18 April 1796) A volunteer in the Revolutionary War, Shallus became a battalion quartermaster and also assisted in the outfitting of a privateering vessel. After the war he became Assistant Clerk to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, which met at the Pennsylvania State House. At the end of the Convention he was chosen as the scribe to produce a fair copy of the Constitution, on which the delegates would sign their names. Shallus was later Assistant Secretary in the 1790 re-authoring of the State Constitution of Pennsylvania.

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