Record of Proceedings in Convention
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May 14, 1787, William Shippen To Thomas ShippenMay 14, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 14, 1787, Rhode Island Committee To James VarnumMay 15, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 15, 1787, Erastus Wolcott To The Governor And General Assembly Of ConnecticutMay 16, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 17, 1787, George Washington To George Augustine WashingtonMay 17, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 18, 1787, Jared Ingersoll To Thomas ShippenMay 18, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 19, 1787, William Pierce To George TurnerMay 19, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 19, 1787, William Livingston To David BrearleyMay 20, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 21, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 21, 1787, Receipt From Oliver EllsworthMay 21, 1787, Henry Knox To John SullivanMay 22, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 22, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Caleb DavisMay 22, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountMay 23, 1787, Jacob Broom To Thomas CollinsMay 24, 1787, William Pierce To John SullivanMay 24, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 25, 1787, Daniel Carroll To Michael Morgan O'BrienMay 25, 1787, George Read To John DickinsonMay 25, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingMay 25, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 26, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 27, 1787, Rufus King To Nathan DaneMay 27, 1787, Rufus King To Henry KnoxMay 27, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 28, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 28, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingMay 29, 1787, Notes On Debates By Gunning BedfordMay 29, 1787, John Dickinson To Polly DickinsonMay 29, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingMay 29, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 29, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenryMay 30, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountMay 30, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryMay 30, 1787, Draft Motions By John DickinsonMay 30, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerMay 30, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonMay 30, 1787, Robert Burton To John Gray BlountMay 30, 1787, Richard Dobbs Spaight To John Gray BlountMay 30, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingMay 30, 1787, William Samuel Johnson To Samuel William JohnsonMay 30, 1787, William Davie To James IredellMay 30, 1787, Draft MotionMay 31, 1787, George Washington To Henry KnoxMay 31, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingMay 31, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 1, 1787, John Lansing To William CoxeJune 1, 1787, David Brearley, William Houston, William Patterson To The Council And General Assembly Of New JerseyJune 1, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 1, 1787, Robert Yates To Abraham YatesJune 1, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 2, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 2, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 2, 1787, Address By The Pennsylvania Society For Abolition Of SlaveryJune 3, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Nathan DaneJune 3, 1787, George Washington To George Augustine WashingtonJune 3, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 3, 1787, Rufus King To Henry KnoxJune 4, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 4, 1787, Draft Speech By George MasonJune 4, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 5, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 5, 1787, Notes On Debates By Robert YatesJune 5, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 6, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 6, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 7, 1787, Draft Resolution By James WilsonJune 7, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 7, 1787, Jonathan Dayton To David BrearleyJune 7, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 7, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 8, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 8, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 8, 1787, Notes For A Speech By Gunning BedfordJune 9, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 9, 1787, Notes On Debates By Gunning BedfordJune 9, 1787, David Brearley To Jonathan DaytonJune 9, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 10, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 10, 1787, Rufus King To Theodore SedgwickJune 10, 1787, James Madison To James MonroeJune 11, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 11, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 11, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 11, 1787, William Blount To Joseph ClayJune 12, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 12, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 13, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 13, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 14, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 14, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 14, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 15, 1787, John Dickinson To Polly DickinsonJune 15, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 15, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 15, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountJune 16, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 16, 1787, George Wythe To Edmund RandolphJune 16, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 16, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 16, 1787, Rufus King To Nathan DaneJune 17, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 18, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Theophilus ParsonsJune 18, 1787, Plan Of Government (I) By John DickinsonJune 18, 1787, Notes On Debates By John DickinsonJune 18, 1787, Plan Of Government (II) By John DickinsonJune 18, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 18, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 18, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 19, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 19, 1787, Notes On Debates By John DickinsonJune 19, 1787, William Shippen To Thomas Lee ShippenJune 19, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 19, 1787, William R Davie To Richard CarswellJune 20, 1787, Draft Speech By Jared IngersrollJune 20, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 20, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 21, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 21, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountJune 21, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 22, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 22, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 22, 1787, Minutes From Philadelphia Street CommissionersJune 23, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 23, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 24, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 24, 1787, Rufus King To Alexander HodgdenJune 25, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 25, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 25, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 25, 1787, Draft Speech By Charles PinckneyJune 26, 1787, Oliver Ellsworth To Abigail EllsworthJune 26, 1787, Edmund Randolph To Beverley RandolphJune 26, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 26, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 26, 1787, John Lansing To Philip SchuylerJune 26, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 27, 1787, The Convention Delegates To Benjamin FranklinJune 27, 1787, William Samuel Johnson To Anne JohnsonJune 27, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 27, 1787, William Pierce To St George TuckerJune 27, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 28, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountJune 28, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 28, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 28, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 29, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJune 29, 1787, John F Mercer To William SmallwoodJune 29, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJune 29, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 29, 1787, Notes For A Speech By John DickinsonJune 30, 1787, Notes On Debates By John DickinsonJune 30, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJune 30, 1787, Notes For A Speech By John DickinsonJune 30, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJuly 1, 1787, Luther Martin To Nicholas LowJuly 1, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 2, 1787, Diary Entry By George Washington1787, Appendix The Weather During The Convention1787, Memorandum By George MasonJuly 2, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJuly 2, 1787, William Paterson To Euphemia PatersonJuly 3, 1787, Richard Dobbs Spaight To John Gray BlountJuly 3, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 4, 1787, Mary Butler To Thomas ButlerJuly 4, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 4, 1787, Mary Norris To Unknown RecipientJuly 5, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerJuly 5, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 5, 1787, Motion By John RutledgeJuly 5, 1787, Notes On Debates By Robert Yates (Printed By Genet)July 5, 1787, Nathan Dane To Rufus KingJuly 5, 1787, Noted On Debates By John LansingJuly 5, 1787, Noted On Debates By Robert Yates (Copied By Lansing)July 6, 1787, Abraham Baldwin To Joel BarlowJuly 6, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJuly 6, 1787, Diary Entry, By George WashingtonJuly 7, 1787, William Jackson To William RawleJuly 7, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJuly 7, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 8, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 9, 1787, Diary Entry, By George WashingtonJuly 9, 1787, Notes For A Speech By John Dickinson (I)July 9, 1787, Notes On Debates By John LansingJuly 9, 1787, Notes For A Speech By John Dickinson (II)July 10, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 10, 1787, Notes By Charles Cotesworth PinckneyJuly 10, 1787, Notes By Pierce ButlerJuly 11, 1787, Rufus King To Nathan DaneJuly 11, 1787, Rufus King To Henry KnoxJuly 11, 1787, William Paterson To Euphemia PatersonJuly 11, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 12, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 12, 1787, Draft Motion By Elbridge GerryJuly 12, 1787, Edmund Randolph To Beverley RandolphJuly 13, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 13, 1787, Jonathan Dayton To William LivingstonJuly 13, 1787, Note On Convention Site By FarrandJuly 14, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 14, 1787, Richard Henry Lee To Francis Lightfoot LeeJuly 15, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 16, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 17, 1787, William Paterson To Euphemia PatersonJuly 17, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 18, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 19, 1787, Hugh Williamson To John Gray BlountJuly 19, 1787, William Blount To John Gray BlountJuly 19, 1787, William Livingston To John JayJuly 19, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 20, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 21, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 21, 1787, Oliver Ellsworth To Abigail EllsworthJuly 22, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 23, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 24, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 25, 1787, William Pierce To William ShortJuly 25, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 25, 1787, Edmund Randolph To David ShepherdJuly 26, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 26, 1787, Abraham Baldwin To Joel BarlowJuly 26, 1787, Oliver Ellsworth To Samuel HuntingtonJuly 26, 1787, Draft Sketch Of Constitution By Edmund RandolphJuly 27, 1787, David Brearley To Jonathan DaytonJuly 27, 1787, Diary Page Of George WashingtonJuly 27, 1787, William Paterson To John LansingJuly 27, 1787, William Samuel Johnson To Samuel PetersJuly 28, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 29, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 30, 1787, Caleb Strong To Alexander HodgdenJuly 30, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonJuly 31, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 1, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 1, 1787, John Langdon To Joshua BracketAugust 2, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 3, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 4, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 5, 1787, James Mcclurg To James MadisonAugust 5, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 6, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 6, 1787, Committee Of Detail Report With RevisionsAugust 7, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 8, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 9, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 9, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 10, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 10, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 11, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 12, 1787, Richard Dobbs Spaight To James IredellAugust 12, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Samuel GerryAugust 12, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 13, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 14, 1787, MotionAugust 14, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 14, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 15, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 16, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 16, 1787, Thomas Mckean To William AtleeAugust 17, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 17, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 18, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 18, 1787, Anectdote By George WashingtonAugust 19, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 19, 1787, Roger Sherman To Henry GibbsAugust 20, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Nathan DaneAugust 20, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 20, 1787, Motion Made By Pierce ButlerAugust 21, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 21, 1787, MotionsAugust 21, 1787, John Fitch To William Samuel JohnsonAugust 21, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 22, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 23, 1787, William Paterson To Oliver EllsworthAugust 23, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 23, 1787, William Samuel To John FitchAugust 23, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenryAugust 24, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 25, 1787, William Livingston To John Tabor KempeAugust 25, 1787, MotionAugust 25, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 26, 1787, Abraham Lansing To Abraham YatesAugust 26, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 26, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 26, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenryAugust 27, 1787, Draft Resolution By John BlairAugust 27, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 28, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenryAugust 28, 1787, MotionAugust 29, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerryAugust 29, 1787, Abraham Yates, Jr, To Jeremiah Van Rensselaer And Henry ActhandtAugust 29, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 30, 1787, John Dickinson To Polly DickinsonAugust 30, 1787, Objections To The ConstitutionAugust 30, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonAugust 30, 1787, Benjamin Rush To Timothy PickeringAugust 31, 1787, George Mason To Council Of StateAugust 31, 1787, Notes By Pierce ButlerAugust 31, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 1, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 1, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerrySeptember 2, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 2, 1787, Richard Dobbs Spaight To John Gray BlountSeptember 2, 1787, William Samuel Johnson To Anne JohnsonSeptember 3, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 3, 1787, Nicholas Gilman To John SullivanSeptember 4, 1787, William Livingston To John JaySeptember 4, 1787, Notes On Debates By Pierce ButlerSeptember 4, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 5, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 6, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 7, 1787, Motion By James MadisonSeptember 7, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 8, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 8, 1787, Alexander Hamilton To Mr DucheSeptember 9, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 9, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenrySeptember 9, 1787, Jonathan Dayton To Elias DaytonSeptember 9, 1787, George Washington To George Augustine WashingtonSeptember 9, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Ann GerrySeptember 10, 1787, Elbridge Gerry To Samuel PurvianceSeptember 10, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 11, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 11, 1787, William Livingston To John JaySeptember 12, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 13, 1787, Suggested Revisions Of Committee Of Style Report By George MasonSeptember 13, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 14, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 14, 1787, MotionSeptember 15, 1787, John Dickinson To George ReadSeptember 15, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 15, 1787, Thomas Fitzsimons To Noah WebsterSeptember 16, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 16, 1787, James Mchenry To Peggy MchenrySeptember 17, 1787, Diary Entry By George WashingtonSeptember 20, 1787, Expenses Of Convention By George WashingtonSeptember 29, 1787, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney To Matthew RidleyOctober 30, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Benjamin FranklinNovember 3, 1787, Response To Elbridge Gerry'S Objections By Rufus King And Nathaniel GorhamDecember 2, 1787, Daniel Carroll To Benjamin FranklinDecember 8, 1787, Roger Sherman To unknownDecember 15, 1787, Nathaniel Gorham To Benjamin FranklinDecember 23, 1787, Rufus King To Jeremiah WadsworthJune 3, 1788, Observations By [Luther Martin?]June 3, 1788, Hugh Williamson To John Gray BlountAugust 10, 1788, Charles Pinckney To Matthew CareyOctober 1788, Remarks On Jefferson'S Draft Of A Constitution By James MadisonMarch 28, 1790, James Madison To Tench CoxeJanuary 21, 1792, James Madison To Edmund PendletonJanuary 16, 1802, William Johnson To unknownJanuary 16, 1802, John Dickinson To George LoganNovember 16, 1806, Abraham Baldwin In The United Sates SenateJuly 26, 1810, Thomas Jefferson To James MadisonOctober 16, 1818, John Quincy Adams To William JacksonOctober 19, 1818, William Jackson To John Quincy AdamsOctober 21, 1818, William Jackson To John Quincy AdamsJuly 6, 1821, John Lansing To Edmond C GenetJune 27, 1823, James Madison To Thomas JeffersonFebruary 11, 1824, James Madison To Robert S GarnettAugust 1824, James Madison To Peter S DuponceauAugust 11, 1827, Memorandum By Timothy PickeringJanuary 14, 1828, Timothy Pickering To John LowellOctober 30, 1828, James Madison To Joseph C Cabell1833, Letter From James MadisonApril 19, 1835, Extract From James Madison'S WillJune 9, 1856, Edward Coles History Of The Ordinance Of 1787Anecdote By Benjamin FranklinAnecdote By George BancroftMemorandum By William Samuel Johnson
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Composed: c.1911 CE
Published in 1911, historian Max Farrand compiled this record of primary source documents from the Constitutional Convention. This document brings together a variety of writings by the delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. Contained here are notes taken during the debates, diary entries reflecting on various days’ proceedings, and letters to friends reporting on developments in the Convention. Also included are drafts of proposed articles to the Constitution, general suggestions for plans of government, and motions made by delegates. Through these documents, the reader can observe the convention unfolding in real time.