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About this Document
Convened in Philadelphia in May 1787, the Constitutional Convention created one of the most important documents of the new nation - the United States Constitution. Under this title you will also find Bankson's Journal, which includes the important delegate credentials from "Ratifications of the Constitution," and drafts of the Virginia Plan, which ultimately led to a bicameral Congress consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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Source Information
- Publication Number:
- M866
- Publication Title:
- Records from the Constitutional Convention of 1787
- Publisher:
- NARA
- National Archives Catalog ID:
- 301679
- National Archives Catalog Title:
- Official Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, compiled 1785 - 1787
- Record Group:
- 360
- Short Description:
- NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution.
- Event Type:
- Constitutional Convention
- Place:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Section:
- Official Records of the Constitutional Convention
- Item:
- First Printed Draft of the Constitution Reported to the Convention by the Committee of Detail
- Date:
- 1787-08-06
- Page:
- 1
- Original data from:
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Comments (2)
Fold3_Team
This was George Washington's own working copy and shows his annotations. Here, the preamble lists each of the thirteen states by name; the preamble of the next printed draft of the constitution, first reported on September 12, began "We, the people of the United States,..." signaling one of the most fundamental precepts of the Constitution: the primacy of the national government over the states. - National Archives, Records of the Contintental and Confederation Congressess and the Constitutional Convention
gopherfly
The script to the side reads: The Legislature shall meet at least once every year and that meeting shall be on the first Monday in December unless a different day shall be appointed by Law.