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United States Constitutional Convention 1787 (2016 Edition)
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Created on: 1787-05-14
Dissolved on: 1787-09-17
Description: The main Committee consisting of all members; this Committee spans the entire length of the Convention.
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35Created on: 1787-05-25
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: The appointment of a Committee, consisting of Messrs. Wythe, Hamilton & C. Pinckney, on the motion of Mr. C. Pinckney, to prepare standing rules & orders was the only remaining step taken on this day
311112Created on: 1787-05-29
Dissolved on: 1787-06-19
Description: Resolved that the House will ... resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House to consider of the state of the American Union.
14914120448882331719271Created on: 1787-07-02
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: It was moved and seconded to appoint a Committee consisting of a Deputy from each State to whom the eighth resolution, and so much of the seventh resolution, reported from the Committee of the whole House, as has not been decided upon should be referred.
111111111Created on: 1787-07-06
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: It was moved and seconded to refer the first clause of the first proposition reported from the grand Committee to a special Committee.
511111Created on: 1787-07-09
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: It was moved and seconded to refer the first paragraph of the report to a Committee of One member from each State.
1111111Created on: 1787-07-23
Dissolved on: 1787-08-04
Description: It was moved and seconded that the proceedings of the Convention for the establishment of a national government be referred to a Committee for the purpose of reporting a Constitution conformably to the Proceedings aforesaid.
5618632Created on: 1787-08-18
Dissolved on: 1787-08-21
Description: It was moved and seconded That a Committee to consist of a Member from each State be appointed to consider the necessity and expediency of the debts of the several States being assumed by the United States.
111121Created on: 1787-08-22
Dissolved on: 1787-08-24
Description: A Committee (of a Member from each State) was appointed by ballot of the honorable Mr Langdon, Mr King, Mr Johnson, Mr Livingston, Mr Clymer, Mr Dickinson, Mr L. Martin, Mr Madison, Mr Williamson, Mr C. C. Pinckney, & Mr Baldwin. — to whom the 2 remaining clauses of the 4th & ye 5 & 6 sections were referred.
111111Created on: 1787-08-25
Dissolved on: 1787-08-28
Description: A Committee was appointed by ballot of the honorable Mr Langdon, Mr Gorham, Mr Sherman, Mr Dayton, Mr Fitz Simmons, Mr Read, Mr Carrol Mr Mason, Mr Williamson, Mr Butler and Mr Few.
1111111Created on: 1787-08-31
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: It was moved and seconded to refer such parts of the Constitution as have been postponed, and such parts of reports as have not been acted on to a Committee of a Member from each State
111424Created on: 1787-08-29
Dissolved on: 1787-09-01
Description: The foregoing Propositions together with the 16 article were referred to the honorable Mr Rutledge, Mr Randolph, Mr Gorham, Mr Wilson and Mr Johnson.
5111Created on: 1787-09-08
Dissolved on: N/A
Description: It was moved and seconded to appoint a Committee of five to revise the style of and arrange the articles agreed to by the House.
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A collection of primary source material detailing the state of the convention between 14 and 25 May, 1787. People include George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, Thomas Jordan, Arthur Lee, John Dickinson, George Mason, Rufus King, Jeremiah Wadsworth, and George Read.
A collection of printed primary source material pertaining to drafts of the Constitution between August and September, 1787. This collection includes printed drafts with handwritten annotations produced by the convention; for handwritten drafts by the Committee of Detail, see "The Meeting of the Committee of Detail" resource collection.
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