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Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
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Appendix A (Max Farrand, 1911)
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Supplementary Records of Proceedings in Convention
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Committee: The Convention
Letter from Gentlemen of Rhode Island Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
CXVIII. William Pierce: Anecdote. When the Convention first opened at Philadelphia, there were a number of propositions brought forward as great leading principles for the new Government to be established for the United States. A copy of these... Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Reconsider the Vote on Ellsworth's Amendment to the Eighth Resolution Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
On this question, Mr. Martin was the only delegate for Maryland present, which circumstance secured the State a negative. Immediately after the question had been taken, and the President had declared the votes, Mr. Jenifer came into the convention,... Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Randolph’s Suggestion for Conciliating the Small States Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
20th. Set out at 8 O’clock in the Mail Stage with Judge Sherman &c. . . . [Editors' note: This excerpt from Johnson's diary notes Sherman and Johnson temporarily leaving Philadelphia on 20 July. The instructions from Connecticut empowered the... Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
20th. Set out at 8 O’clock in the Mail Stage with Judge Sherman &c. . . . [Editors' note: This excerpt from Johnson's diary notes Sherman and Johnson temporarily leaving Philadelphia on 20 July. The instructions from Connecticut empowered the... Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Augt. 6th. Rain. . . . Did not arrive till 7. in Eveng. . . . In eveng. came to Mr. Lewis’s met Coln. Johnston &c. . . . 7th. Hot. In Convention. . . . [Editors' note: In this excerpt from his diary, Johnson records returning to Philadelphia the... Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
20th. Set out at 8 O’clock in the Mail Stage with Judge Sherman &c. . . . [Editors' note: In this excerpt from his diary, Johnson records his and Sherman's departure from Philadelphia in July. It is likely that they returned together.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Richmond Augt. 5. 87. I am much obliged to you for your communication of the proceedings of ye Convention, since I left them; for I feel that anxiety about the result, which it’s Importance must give to every honest citizen. If I thought that my... Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Philadelphia, Monday, August 20th, 1787. In a letter from New York I informed your Excellency of my reasons for leaving the Convention and returning to that place with Mr. Hawkins to represent this State in Congress. On Monday the 6th Inst. the... Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
W. R. Davie to Governor Caswell. Halifax, August 23rd. 1787. I left Philadelphia on the 13th Ulto., before which date we had informed you of the progress of the business; it was not supposed the Convention would rise before the first of September,... Monday August 1787