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14-25 May, 1787
18 May, 1787: Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jordan
Friday, 18 May 1787
Benjamin Franklin calls the convention "une assemblée des notables."
Online Library of Liberty Transcription (from Farrand): Philadelphia, May 18, 1787. I received your very kind letter of February 27th, together with the cask of porter you have been so good as to send me. We have here at present what the French call une assemblée des notables a convention composed of some of the principal people from the several States of our confederation. They did me the honor of dining with me last Wednesday,3 when the cask was broached, and its contents met with the most cordial reception and universal approbation. In short, the company agreed unanimously, that it was the best porter they had ever tasted.
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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Benjamin Franklin calls the convention "une assemblée des notables."
Online Library of Liberty Transcription (from Farrand): Philadelphia, May 18, 1787. I received your very kind letter of February 27th, together with the cask of porter you have been so good as to send me. We have here at present what the French call une assemblée des notables a convention composed of some of the principal people from the several States of our confederation. They did me the honor of dining with me last Wednesday,3 when the cask was broached, and its contents met with the most cordial reception and universal approbation. In short, the company agreed unanimously, that it was the best porter they had ever tasted.
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