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26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail
1 August, 1787: Pierce Butler to Weedon Butler
Wednesday, 01 August 1787
Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand):
New York, August 1st, 1787. My last letter from Carolina would inform you of my intended visit to Philadelphia. As I declined the honorary fellow Citizens offered me of the Chief Magistracy, I could not refuse the last Appointment of Acting as One of their Commissioners to the Convention to be held at Philadelphia. No doubt you have heard of the purport of the meeting, — to form a stronger Constitution on strict Foederal Principles, for the Governmt. of the whole — I hope we may succeed. Our Country expect much of us. We have satt every day since the 25th of May till last Saturday, when we adjourned for one week. Having placed my Family here, Philadelphia not being so healthy, I embraced the opportunity of visiting them. I go back to Philada on Sunday and shall return home the first week in November.
26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail
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- 1 August, 1787: Pierce Butler to Weedon Butler
- 5 August, 1787: James McClurg to James Madison
- 6 August, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 25 July, 1787: John Jay to George Washington
- 25 July, 1787: Mr. Otto to Comte de Montmorin (French)
- 26 July, 1787: Governor Caswell to R.D. Spaight
- 27 July, 1787: Alexander Martin to Governor Caswell
- 27 July, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 27 July, 1787: James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson
- 28 July, 1787: James Madison to his father
- Edmund Randolph's Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Draft of the Constitution, Part I (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Draft of the Constitution, Part II (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Second Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)
- Methodology and References
- The Wilson Papers: Historiography Revisited (Again)
- “ Two sets of extracts from the Pinckney Plan” in Wilson Papers
- “Excerpts from the New Jersey and Pinckney Plans” in Wilson Papers
- “Proceedings of the Convention, July 24-26, 1787” by Max Farrand
- “The Continuation of the Scheme” and “Miscellaneous provisions” in Wilson Papers
- “Twenty-Four Referred Resolutions from the Committee of the Whole” in Wilson Papers
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Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand):
New York, August 1st, 1787. My last letter from Carolina would inform you of my intended visit to Philadelphia. As I declined the honorary fellow Citizens offered me of the Chief Magistracy, I could not refuse the last Appointment of Acting as One of their Commissioners to the Convention to be held at Philadelphia. No doubt you have heard of the purport of the meeting, — to form a stronger Constitution on strict Foederal Principles, for the Governmt. of the whole — I hope we may succeed. Our Country expect much of us. We have satt every day since the 25th of May till last Saturday, when we adjourned for one week. Having placed my Family here, Philadelphia not being so healthy, I embraced the opportunity of visiting them. I go back to Philada on Sunday and shall return home the first week in November.
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