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14-25 May, 1787
25 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
Friday, 25 May 1787
Quorum reached. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Friday 25th. Another Delegate coming in from the State of New Jersey gave it a representation and encreased the number to Seven which forming a quoram of the 13 the Members present resolved to organize the body; when, by a unanimous vote I was called up to the Chair as President of the body. Majr. William Jackson was appointed Secretary and a Comee. was chosen consisting of 3 Members to prepare rules & regulations for conducting the business and after [ap]pointing door keepers the Convention adjourned till Monday, to give time to the Comee. to report the matters referred to them. Returned many visits to day. Dined at Mr. Thos. Willings and sp[en]t the evening at my lodgings.
Reference: “[Diary entry: 25 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0025. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786?–?31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 162.]
14-25 May, 1787
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- 14 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 15 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 15 May, 1787: Madison's Letter to Thomas Jefferson
- 16 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 17 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 18 May, 1787: Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price
- 18 May, 1787: Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jordan
- 18 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 19 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 19 May, 1787: Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser
- 20 May, 1787: George Mason to his son , George Mason Jr.
- 20 May, 1787: George Washington to Arthur Lee
- 21 May, 1787: George Mason to Arthur Lee
- 21 May, 1787: George Read to John Dickinson
- 21 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 22 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 23 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 24 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- 24 May, 1787: Rufus King to Jeremiah Wadsworth
- 24 May, 1787: William Grayson to James Madison
- 25 May, 1787: George Washington's Diary Entry
- James Madison: Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention, 1787
- Link to Ben Franklin papers, Library of Congress
- Link to Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Library of Congress
- Link to Wadsworth papers
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Quorum reached. Link to Library of Congress collection in box below.
National Archives, Founders Online Transcription: Friday 25th. Another Delegate coming in from the State of New Jersey gave it a representation and encreased the number to Seven which forming a quoram of the 13 the Members present resolved to organize the body; when, by a unanimous vote I was called up to the Chair as President of the body. Majr. William Jackson was appointed Secretary and a Comee. was chosen consisting of 3 Members to prepare rules & regulations for conducting the business and after [ap]pointing door keepers the Convention adjourned till Monday, to give time to the Comee. to report the matters referred to them. Returned many visits to day. Dined at Mr. Thos. Willings and sp[en]t the evening at my lodgings.
Reference: “[Diary entry: 25 May 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified November 26, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0005-0025. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786?–?31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 162.]
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