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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

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

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

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Session 6271: 1787-08-31 10:00:00

Articles XXI TO XXIII. Mode of ratification and adoption of Constitution debated. Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination agreed. Committee on Postponed Matters appointed.

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, 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, 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, George Washington, Hugh Williamson, James Wilson (41 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

  • Postponed Parts of the Constitution Proposed by the Committee of Detail (e674413)
    • Imported by 'Postponed Parts of the Constitution Proposed by the Committee of Detail' (e675806) in Committee on Postponed Matters,
      on Friday, 31 August 1787, at 15:00
  • Second Report of the Committee of Detail (e673839)
  • Mason's Propositions for the Committee on Postponed Matters (e674429)

Exported Amendments

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Resource Items (5):

Madison's Notes for 31 August - (link)

Link to the ConSource collection of Madison's Notes

Madison's notes for 31 August - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

Madison's notes for 31 August - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

The 1819 Journal manuscript pages for 31 August - (link)

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

The Journal record for 31 August - (link)

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

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