Constitutional Convention Records
Records: 23 · Complete: 100%
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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List of Representatives to the Convention
First Printed Draft of the Constitution
Sample
Sample
Source Information
"Records from the Constitutional Convention of 1787" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/61/constitutional-convention-records: accessed August 4, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Constitutional Convention Records
- Total Records
- 23 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M866
- Record Group
- 360
- Published on Fold3
- 29 Nov 2006
- Last Updated
- 29 Nov 2006
- Description
- NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution.