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14-25 May, 1787
16 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
Wednesday, 16 May 1787
No more than two states being yet represented. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Wednesday 16th. No more than two States being yet represented, agreed till a quoram of them should be formed to alter the hour of Meeting at the State house to One oclock. Dined at the President Doctr. Franklins and drank Tea, and spent the evening at Mr. Jno. Penns.
Reference: “[Diary entry: 16 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0016. [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. 157–158.]
14-25 May, 1787
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- 14 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 15 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 15 May, 1787: Madison's Letter to Thomas Jefferson
- 16 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 17 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 18 May, 1787: Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price
- 18 May, 1787: Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jordan
- 18 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 19 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 19 May, 1787: Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser
- 20 May, 1787: George Mason to his son , George Mason Jr.
- 20 May, 1787: George Washington to Arthur Lee
- 21 May, 1787: George Mason to Arthur Lee
- 21 May, 1787: George Read to John Dickinson
- 21 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 22 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 23 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 24 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 24 May, 1787: Rufus King to Jeremiah Wadsworth
- 24 May, 1787: William Grayson to James Madison
- 25 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- James Madison: Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention, 1787
- Link to Ben Franklin papers, Library of Congress
- Link to Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Library of Congress
- Link to Wadsworth papers
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No more than two states being yet represented. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Wednesday 16th. No more than two States being yet represented, agreed till a quoram of them should be formed to alter the hour of Meeting at the State house to One oclock. Dined at the President Doctr. Franklins and drank Tea, and spent the evening at Mr. Jno. Penns.
Reference: “[Diary entry: 16 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0016. [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. 157–158.]
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