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.
Constitutional Convention Records
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- Publication Title:
- Constitutional Convention Records
- Content Source:
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The National Archives
- Publication Number:
- M866
- Record Group:
- 360
- Published on Fold3:
- November 29, 2006
- Last Update:
- November 29, 2006
- Description:
- NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution.
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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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Related Resources
Papers of the Continental Congress, NARA M247.
The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789).
Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, NARA M332.
These documents were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834
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Publication number M866, Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, is from NARA Record Group Number 360, Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. A nine-page descriptive pamphlet about this publication, provided by NARA, can be viewed or downloaded here.
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