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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

William Samuel Johnson

(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) [this display].

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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

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