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References:

Max Farrand, *The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787*, ed. Max Farrand (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911).

William Ewald et. al., "Committee of Detail Documents," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 135, No. 3 (July 2011), pp. 239-365.

William Ewald, "The Committee of Detail," 28 CONST. COMMENT 197 (2012), pp. 197-285.

Retained titles given by Ewald to the documents identified by Farrand as Documents I-IX in his *Records,* but did not retain the order of documents as such, for clarity. When the Historical Society of Pennsylvania digitized their manuscript copies of Wilson's papers, they chose to collate certain pages, such as parts I and II of Wilson's first draft of the Constitution, in an order incongruous with Farrand and Ewald's methodologies. Each collection item therefore features a link to the digitized primary source, with the corresponding page numbers in the explanation below.

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James Wilson's Second Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)

26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail

1787-08-04

“This draft, like the Randolph draft, contains marginalia in the hand of John Rutledge. Some of the Rutledge alterations are merely stylistic, but many involve matters of substance. For that reason, it seems most likely that these changes were introduced at a Committee meeting, with Rutledge in the chair” (Ewald, "The Committee of Detail," 259). Corresponds to Document IX in Farrand's sequence.

Link to Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand): http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1786#Farrand_0544-02_957

Link to Historical Society of Pennsylvania's digital library below.

We've dated this document to 4 August, 1787 based on William Ewald's judgment that “Wilson’s text of Document IX is essentially the draft of the Constitution presented by the Committee to the Convention on Monday, August 6” (Ewald, Committee, 278).

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“This draft, like the Randolph draft, contains marginalia in the hand of John Rutledge. Some of the Rutledge alterations are merely stylistic, but many involve matters of substance. For that reason, it seems most likely that these changes were introduced at a Committee meeting, with Rutledge in the chair” (Ewald, "The Committee of Detail," 259). Corresponds to Document IX in Farrand's sequence.

Link to Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand): http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1786#Farrand_0544-02_957

Link to Historical Society of Pennsylvania's digital library below.

We've dated this document to 4 August, 1787 based on William Ewald's judgment that “Wilson’s text of Document IX is essentially the draft of the Constitution presented by the Committee to the Convention on Monday, August 6” (Ewald, Committee, 278).

https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/2766

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