- Tuesday, 10 July 1787, at 11:00
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
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Session 6234: 1787-07-10 11:00:00
Report of Third Committee on Representation agreed.
Membership (at session start):
Abraham Baldwin, Richard Basset, Gunning Bedford, John Blair, David Brearley, Jacob Broom, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, George Clymer, William Richardson Davie, Jonathan Dayton, John Dickinson, Oliver Ellsworth, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, William Houstoun, Jared Ingersol, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, William Samuel Johnson, Rufus King, John Lansing, James Madison, Alexander Martin, Luther Martin, George Mason, James McClurg, Thomas Mifflin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, William Paterson, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, George Read, John Rutledge, Roger Sherman, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Caleb Strong, George Washington, Hugh Williamson, James Wilson, Robert Yates (44 total)
Representing 11 delegations:
Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Georgia Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, New York Delegation, North Carolina Delegation, Pennsylvania Delegation, South Carolina Delegation, Virginia Delegation
Imported Documents
- Report of the Third Committee on Representation (e672766) imports from Third Committee on Representation,
on Monday, 09 July 1787, at 11:00
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Brearly's Table of State Populations - (text)
David Brearly's papers also contained a table of state populations. Farrand writes that "among the papers of Brearley relating to the Federal Convention, and turned over by his executor, General Bloomfield, to John Quincy Adams, is this document — on both sides of a single sheet." This appears to the the document pictured above, which was found at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6277389.
Madison's Notes for 10 July - (link)
Link to the ConSource collection of Madison's Notes
Madison's notes for 10 July - (link)
Link to the Library of Congress Collection
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