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Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
Letter on a Dinner Held at Franklin's House - 16 May 1787
Wednesday, 16 May 1787
Farrand writes that 'Jameson (Studies, 93) cites another letter of Franklin’s to his sister, to the effect that his new dining-room would enable him to have a dinner-party of only twenty-four, which would be about the number of delegates in attendance on the 16th.'
This was probably optimistic. Likely diners with Franklin were Washington, Madison, Clymer, Fitzsimmons, Morris, R Morris, Wilson, Randolph, Blair, Wythe, Broom, Read, Brearly, Spaight, and McClurg.
Fringe Meetings at the U.S. Consitutional Convention
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- Bill for an Evening of Entertainment for George Washington - 14 September 1787
- Diary Entry Recording Meeting of Maryland Delegation - 7 August 1787
- Diary Record of an Informal Meeting - 13 July 1787
- George Washington's Dairy - 6 June 1787
- George Washington's Dairy - 22 July 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 1 June 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 2 July 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 3 July 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 4 July 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 4 June 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 6 July 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 7 June 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 8 August 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 14 September 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 17 September 1787
- George Washington's Diary - 19 June 1787
- Invitation to Dine at the Indian Queen - 2 July 1787
- Letter Recording Informal Meetings of Virginians - 20 May 1787
- Letter Recording Visit to a Steamboat Trial - 22 August 1787
- Letter on a Dinner Held at Franklin's House - 16 May 1787
- Record of a Meeting of Delegates from Maryland - 31 August 1787
- Record of an Unofficial Meeting - 17 July 1787
- Record of an Unofficial Meeting - 22 May 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 6 July 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 6 June 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 7 June 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 8 September 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 11 August 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 11 June 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 12 September 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 13 June 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 18 June 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 18 September 1787
- William Samuel Johnson's Diary - 25 August 1787
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Farrand writes that 'Jameson (Studies, 93) cites another letter of Franklin’s to his sister, to the effect that his new dining-room would enable him to have a dinner-party of only twenty-four, which would be about the number of delegates in attendance on the 16th.'
This was probably optimistic. Likely diners with Franklin were Washington, Madison, Clymer, Fitzsimmons, Morris, R Morris, Wilson, Randolph, Blair, Wythe, Broom, Read, Brearly, Spaight, and McClurg.
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Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jordan.
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, 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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Franklin Papers (Max Farrand, 1911)