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26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail
James Wilson's Second Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)
Saturday, 04 August 1787
“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).
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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“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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