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26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail
27 July, 1787: James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson
Friday, 27 July 1787
Monroe on the committee of detail. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand): Fred’ricksburg — July 27, 1787. I shall I think be strongly impressed in favor of & inclin’d to vote for whatever they will recommend. I have heard from Becly ‘tho’ not from himself (who accompanied the Governour up in expectation of being appointed clerk) they had agreed giving the United States a negative upon the laws of the several States* this I shod. think proper — it will if the body is well organiz’d, be the best way of introducing uniformity in their proceedings that can be devis’d, of a negative kind or by a power to operate indirectly but a few months will give us the result be it what it may.
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1787#lf0544-03_head_082
26 July- 4 August, 1787: The Meeting of the Committee of Detail
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- 1 August, 1787: Pierce Butler to Weedon Butler
- 5 August, 1787: James McClurg to James Madison
- 6 August, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 25 July, 1787: John Jay to George Washington
- 25 July, 1787: Mr. Otto to Comte de Montmorin (French)
- 26 July, 1787: Governor Caswell to R.D. Spaight
- 27 July, 1787: Alexander Martin to Governor Caswell
- 27 July, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 27 July, 1787: James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson
- 28 July, 1787: James Madison to his father
- Edmund Randolph's Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Draft of the Constitution, Part I (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Draft of the Constitution, Part II (handwritten)
- James Wilson's Second Draft of the Constitution (handwritten)
- Methodology and References
- The Wilson Papers: Historiography Revisited (Again)
- “ Two sets of extracts from the Pinckney Plan” in Wilson Papers
- “Excerpts from the New Jersey and Pinckney Plans” in Wilson Papers
- “Proceedings of the Convention, July 24-26, 1787” by Max Farrand
- “The Continuation of the Scheme” and “Miscellaneous provisions” in Wilson Papers
- “Twenty-Four Referred Resolutions from the Committee of the Whole” in Wilson Papers
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Monroe on the committee of detail. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
Online Library of Liberty transcription (from Farrand): Fred’ricksburg — July 27, 1787. I shall I think be strongly impressed in favor of & inclin’d to vote for whatever they will recommend. I have heard from Becly ‘tho’ not from himself (who accompanied the Governour up in expectation of being appointed clerk) they had agreed giving the United States a negative upon the laws of the several States* this I shod. think proper — it will if the body is well organiz’d, be the best way of introducing uniformity in their proceedings that can be devis’d, of a negative kind or by a power to operate indirectly but a few months will give us the result be it what it may.
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1787#lf0544-03_head_082
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