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15 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry

Tuesday, 15 May 1787

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No more states represented. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.

National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Tuesday 15th. Repaired, at the hour appointed to the State Ho[use], but no more States being represented than were yesterday (tho’ several more members had come in) we agreed to meet again to morrow. Govr. Randolph from Virginia came in to day. Dined with the Members, to the Genl. Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Reference: “[Diary entry: 15 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0015. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786?–?31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, pp. 156–157.]

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No more states represented. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.

National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Tuesday 15th. Repaired, at the hour appointed to the State Ho[use], but no more States being represented than were yesterday (tho’ several more members had come in) we agreed to meet again to morrow. Govr. Randolph from Virginia came in to day. Dined with the Members, to the Genl. Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Reference: “[Diary entry: 15 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0015. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786?–?31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, pp. 156–157.]

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