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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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McHenry's Notes (Max Farrand, 1911)

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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 29 May 1787, 10:00
It was observed by Mr. Hamilton before adjourning that it struck him as a necessary and preliminary inquiry to the propositions from Virginia whether the united States were susceptible of one government, or required a separate existence connected only...

People: Alexander Hamilton
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 01 Jun 1787, 10:00
'Recd an express from home that my brother lay dangerously sick in consequence of which I set out immediately for Baltimore.' [Editors' note: There are no details about this session in the diary, so the editors have chosen to depict McHenry's...

People: James McHenry
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 06 Aug 1787, 11:00
Left Baltimore 2 August. August 4th. Returned to Philada. The committee of Convention ready to report. Their report in the hands of Dunlop the printer to strike off copies for the members. [Editors' note: McHenry records his own return on 4 August....

People: James McHenry
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 07 Aug 1787, 11:00
Mr. Martin set out for New York on this day so we were without his concurrence in the propositions.

People: Luther Martin
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 09 Aug 1787, 11:00
The 1 section of the V article underwent an emendatory alteration. The last clause — “each member shall have one vote” — opposed by Mr. Mason, Randolph and a few others on account of the Senate by the loss of the 5 sect of the IV article having the...
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 23 Aug 1787, 10:00
Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia Accepted
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 24 Aug 1787, 10:00
Article X (Executive)
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 28 Aug 1787, 10:00
4 Sect. Amended. [Editors' note: Section 4 of Article XI was taken into the working document.]
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Sep 1787, 10:00
McHenry's Amendment for Duties to Improve Harbors and Lighthouses

People: James McHenry Daniel Carroll
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 15 Sep 1787, 10:00
Langdon's Amendment Against Duties on Tonnage Without Consent of Congress

People: John Langdon
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 30 May 1787, 10:00
Mr. C. Pinkney wishes to know whether the establishment of this Resolution is intended as a ground for a consolidation of the several States into one. Mr. Randol has nothing further in contemplation than what the propositions he has submitted...

People: Pierce Butler Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney George Wythe Edmund Randolph
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 30 May 1787, 10:00
Gerry's Amendment Recommending a Federal Tripartite Government

People: Elbridge Gerry
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 01 Jun 1787, 10:00
'Recd an express from home that my brother lay dangerously sick in consequence of which I set out immediately for Baltimore.' [Editors' note: There are no details about this session in the diary, so the editors have chosen to depict McHenry's...

People: James McHenry
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Aug 1787, 10:00
Notice to Move that the Consent of ¾ of the Whole Legislature be Necessary

People: Charles Pinckney
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: The Convention, Date: 25 Aug 1787, 10:00
Mr. C. Pinkney gave notice that he would move that the consent of ¾ of the whole legislature be necessary to the enacting a law respecting the regulation of trade or the formation of a navigation act. [Editors' note: There is no objection to Pinkney's...
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 30 May 1787, 10:00
Mr. Randolph explains the intention of the 3d Resolution. Repeats the substance of his yesterdays observations. It is only meant to give the national government a power to defend and protect itself. To take therefore from the respective legislatures or...

People: John Dickinson Edmund Randolph Elbridge Gerry
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 30 May 1787, 10:00
Governeur Morris. Not yet ripe for a decision, because men seem to have affixed different explanations to the terms before the house. 1. We are not now under a fœderal government. 2. There is no such thing. A fœderal government is that which has a...

People: Gouverneur Morris
U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition), Committee: Committee of the Whole House, Date: 30 May 1787, 10:00
In order to carry into execution Mr. R. King — The object of the motion from Virginia, an establishment of a government that is to act upon the whole people of the U. S. The object of the motion from Delaware seems to have application merely to the...

People: James Madison Rufus King

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