Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King���s notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Text We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Caption title. William Livingston���s copy of the second draft of the United States Constitution, with his manuscript annotations showing changes that appear in the final version. William Livingston was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. He joined the New Jersey Delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Constitution. View Item
Text We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Caption title. William Livingston���s copy of the second draft of the United States Constitution, with his manuscript annotations showing changes that appear in the final version. William Livingston was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. He joined the New Jersey Delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Constitution. View Item
Text We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Caption title. William Livingston���s copy of the second draft of the United States Constitution, with his manuscript annotations showing changes that appear in the final version. William Livingston was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. He joined the New Jersey Delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Constitution. View Item
Text We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Caption title. William Livingston���s copy of the second draft of the United States Constitution, with his manuscript annotations showing changes that appear in the final version. William Livingston was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. He joined the New Jersey Delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Constitution. View Item
Image Text 12 Items George Mason, Amendments to the new constitution of government, June 9, 1788 View Item
Image Text 7 Items Rufus King, First report of the Committee of the Whole Convention, 1787 Rufus King's notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. View Item
Image Text 4 Items We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, Caption title. William Livingston's copy of the second draft of the United States Constitution, with his manuscript annotations showing changes that appear in the final version. William Livingston was Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790. He joined the New Jersey Delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Constitution. View Item
Image Collection 2 Items John Lansing notebooks, 1787 Two autograph notebooks (1787 May 25-June 16 and 1787 June 18-July 10), containing John Lansing's notes taken during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Some contents include: transcriptions of various committee reports, including a transcription of Alexander Hamilton's plan ('Colonel Hamilton's System'); the text of Elbridge Gerry's committee report of July 5 1787; and a three-page list of the delegates of the convention arranged by state (excluding New Hampshire, since their delegates arrived after Lansing had left Philadelphia). View Collection