- William Samuel Johnson
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
William Samuel Johnson
Quill platform ID: p159.
(7 October 1727 – 14 November 1819) Lawyer, Colonel in the Connecticut militia, slave owner, state legislator and judge. He rejected his election to the First Continental Congress and sought a compromise between Britain and colonists prior to independence. After the war he joined the Congress of the Confederation and then the Constitutional Convention. He later served as a US Senator for Connecticut and President of King’s College (Columbia University).
Member of Connecticut Delegation—U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition).
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Letter Recording Visit to a Steamboat Trial - 22 August 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson - (link)
Electronic Enlightenment Resources
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 11 August 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 11 June 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 12 September 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 13 June 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 18 June 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 18 September 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 25 August 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 6 July 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 6 June 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 7 June 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 8 September 1787 - (text)
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
William Samuel Johnson: Diary, 1787 - (text)
Weather Reports During the U.S. Constitutional Convention