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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 6283: 1787-09-14 10:00:00

Article I: Sections 3 to 10. Powers and restrictions of Congress debated. Limitations to State power debated.

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, Alexander Hamilton, Jared Ingersol, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, William Samuel Johnson, Rufus King, John Langdon, William Livingston, James Madison, George Mason, James McHenry, Thomas Mifflin, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, William Paterson, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, George Read, John Rutledge, Roger Sherman, Richard Dobbs Spaight, George Washington, Hugh Williamson, James Wilson (42 total)

Representing 12 delegations:

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

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Madison's Notes for 14 September - (link)

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Madison's notes for 14 September - (link)

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Madison's notes for 14 September - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

The 1819 Journal manuscript pages for 14 September - (link)

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The Journal record for 14 September - (link)

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

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