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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.

The Convention

The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.

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Session 6261: 1787-08-20 10:00:00

Article VII: Sections 1 to 3. Further Congressional powers referred to Committee of Detail. Treason, tax, House apportionment, and a census considered.

Membership (at session start):

Abraham Baldwin, Richard Basset, Gunning Bedford, John Blair, William Blount, David Brearley, Jacob Broom, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, George Clymer, Jonathan Dayton, John Dickinson, Oliver Ellsworth, William Few, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Nathaniel Gorham, Jared Ingersol, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, William Samuel Johnson, Rufus King, John Langdon, William Livingston, James Madison, Alexander Martin, Luther Martin, George Mason, James McHenry, Thomas Mifflin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, George Read, John Rutledge, Roger Sherman, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Caleb Strong, George Washington, Hugh Williamson, James Wilson (44 total)

Representing 11 delegations:

Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Georgia Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, New Hampshire Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, North Carolina Delegation, Pennsylvania Delegation, South Carolina Delegation, Virginia Delegation

Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Further Powers Proposed for the Legislature of the United States (e673718)

Exported Amendments

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Resource Items (5):

Madison's Notes for 20 August - (link)

Link to the ConSource collection of Madison's Notes

Madison's notes for 20 August - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

Madison's notes for 20 August - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

The 1819 Journal manuscript pages for 20 August - (link)

Link to the Archive.org copy of the 1819 Journal manuscript.

The Journal record for 20 August - (link)

Link to the Archive.org 1819 publication of the Journal.

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