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[Front page of The Boston Gazette, Nov. 26, 1787 containing letter to the editor from "A Federalist" concerning constitutional convention]

[Front page of The Boston Gazette, Nov. 26, 1787 containing letter to ...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Wilson, Honorable Benjamin of West Virginia. (Members of State Constitutional Convention in 1861)

Wilson, Honorable Benjamin of West Virginia. (Members of State Constit...

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Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry's / / Clinedinst.

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing ...

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Alexander Hamilton, June 18, 1787, Proposals for United States Constitutional Convention

Alexander Hamilton, June 18, 1787, Proposals for United States Constit...

Proposals for United States Constitutional Convention

[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]

[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...

May 28 passenger list of ship Charelston from Charleston, including Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Pierce Butler. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains ... More

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]
The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry's / / Clinedinst.

The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing ...

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Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].

Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].

Photograph showing people gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a banner for the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report ... More

Harris, Honorable Henry Richard, Rep of GA. Colonel in Confederate Army, Member of State Constitutional Convention in 1861

Harris, Honorable Henry Richard, Rep of GA. Colonel in Confederate Arm...

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Extract from the reconstructed Constitution of the state of Louisiana, with portraits of the distinguished members of the Convention & Assembly, A.D. 1868

Extract from the reconstructed Constitution of the state of Louisiana,...

Full-length portrait of Oscar J. Dunn, Lieut. Governor of Louisiana, seated at desk, and twenty-nine head-and-shoulders portraits of African American delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention. Purcha... More

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].

Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].

Photograph showing a man on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial holding a banner for the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention; statue of Lincoln in the background. Title from contact sheet folder capt... More

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Franklin in the National Convention / Lossing-Barritt.

Franklin in the National Convention / Lossing-Barritt.

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[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]

[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...

"A correspondent observes..." Concerns about the success of the convention. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Capt... More

Constitutional Convention, Topeka, Kansas Territory [Topeka]

Constitutional Convention, Topeka, Kansas Territory [Topeka]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no, 1 (1855 Dec. 15), p. 16.

Miss Elizabeth Burrill Curtis impressive speaker before the New York Constitutional Convention

Miss Elizabeth Burrill Curtis impressive speaker before the New York C...

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Mrs. Elizabeth Cady. Stanton's Alternative to New York State Constitutional Convention

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady. Stanton's Alternative to New York State Constitut...

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Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered before the committees of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, in Constitutional Hall, January 31, 1873

Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered ...

The message of this pamphlet is that all women in Pennsylvania must be enfranchised under the new state constitution to keep business interests--in this specific case the railroads and the coal mines--from runn... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 18 , "Plan of Government"
Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered before the committees of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, in Constitutional Hall, January 31, 1873

Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered ...

The message of this pamphlet is that all women in Pennsylvania must be enfranchised under the new state constitution to keep business interests--in this specific case the railroads and the coal mines--from runn... More

The outlawry of a race: speech of Hon. Elliott Anthony, delegate from (Chicago), Cook Co., delivered in the Constitutional Convention of Illinois, February 12, 1862, on the proposition To forever prohibit negroes or mulattoes from migrating into or settling in the state

The outlawry of a race: speech of Hon. Elliott Anthony, delegate from ...

Caption title. Bound with: Anthony, Elliott, 1827-1898. Is a constitutional convention a legislature? 1862. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and the Internet Archive Web site.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; Sept. 17 , draft of a constitution, facsimile copies
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; Sept. 17 , draft of a constitution, facsimile copies
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 1-26 , notes taken in the convention
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; Sept. 17 , draft of a constitution, facsimile copies
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 18 , "Notes for Speech in the Convention proposing a Plan of Government"
Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787

George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...

Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

By the United States in Congress assembled, September 13, 1788 : Whereas the convention assembled in Philadelphia, pursuant to the resolution of Congress of the 21st February, 1787, did, on the 17th of September in the same year, report ...

By the United States in Congress assembled, September 13, 1788 : Where...

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Louisiana State Constitutional Convention, July 1864  (Printed: Ordinance to Provide for Election of Representatives to Congress)
Louisiana State Constitutional Convention, July 1864  (Printed: Ordinance to Provide for Election of Representatives to Congress)
Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, October 23, 1787, two same date; Constitutional Convention

Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, October 23, 1787, two same date...

two same date; Constitutional Convention Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

West Virginia Constitutional Convention, Wednesday, May 22, 1861  (Clipping Only)

West Virginia Constitutional Convention, Wednesday, May 22, 1861 (Cli...

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December 1, 1784, Rockbridge, Against religious distinctions; against general assessment for support of religion; for a constitutional convention.

December 1, 1784, Rockbridge, Against religious distinctions; against ...

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November 11, 1796, Shenandoah, Opposed to exempting Quakers and Menonists from militia duty; calls for constitutional convention.

November 11, 1796, Shenandoah, Opposed to exempting Quakers and Menoni...

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Address, Hon. Elihu Root before New York Constitutional Convention, 1894

Address, Hon. Elihu Root before New York Constitutional Convention, 18...

Sometime after establishing a New York office in July 1908, the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage reprinted Elihu Root's 1894 address. Root is opposed to woman suffrage; men and women have eq... More

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Alexander Hamilton's notes for a speech proposing a plan of government at the Federal Convention, 18 June 1787

Alexander Hamilton's notes for a speech proposing a plan of government...

Reproduction number: A46 (color slide; first scanned image; no page number); LC-MSS-24612-14 (B&W negative; pages [95] and [98]) and LC-MSS-24612-15 (B&W negative; page [71]) Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), law... More

Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
James Madison Papers: Series 7, Addenda, 1744-1845; 1979-1985 Addition; Part B, copies and abstracts; Photocopies; Resolutions proposed by William Randolph in the Constitutional Convention, 1787 May 29
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 18 , "Plan of Government"
Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered before the committees of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, in Constitutional Hall, January 31, 1873

Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered ...

The message of this pamphlet is that all women in Pennsylvania must be enfranchised under the new state constitution to keep business interests--in this specific case the railroads and the coal mines--from runn... More

Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered before the committees of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, in Constitutional Hall, January 31, 1873

Legislative wrongs to labor and how to right them : address delivered ...

The message of this pamphlet is that all women in Pennsylvania must be enfranchised under the new state constitution to keep business interests--in this specific case the railroads and the coal mines--from runn... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 18 , "Notes for Speech in the Convention proposing a Plan of Government"
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; Sept. 17 , draft of a constitution, facsimile copies
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; June 18 , "Notes for Speech in the Convention proposing a Plan of Government"
Alexander Hamilton Papers: Speeches and Writings File, 1778-1804; 1787; Constitutional Convention; Sept. 17 , draft of a constitution, facsimile copies
Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

Proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Nebraska as adopted by the Constitutional convention 1919-20, with explanatory statements and sample ballot
Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention

Smalls was an African American delegate to the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1895. He argued against proposed restrictions on the franchise and against discriminatory provisions on miscegenation a... More

James Madison , September 7, 1787. Note on Treaty Making, Constitutional Convention.

James Madison , September 7, 1787. Note on Treaty Making, Constitution...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

To the inhabitants of King's County : Friends and fellow-citizens, you were addressed a few days since, in Dutch, by a person under the signature of a King's County farmer, intended as a reply, to a publication of mine, to you on the 23d day of March. ...

To the inhabitants of King's County : Friends and fellow-citizens, you...

Signed and dated at the end: A Flat-Bush farmer. Flat-Bush, 21st April, 1788. Evans 21502 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Cong... More

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum ...

with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum ...

with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, December 31, 1787, with Memorandum ...

with Memorandum on Constitutional Convention, etc.; with Copy of Letter

State of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, February session, A.D. 1788 : An act submitting to the consideration of the freemen of this state, the report of the convention of delegates for a constitution for the United States, as agreed on in Philadelphia, the 17th of September, A.D. 1787.

State of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, February session, A.D....

Signed: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, secretary. Variant of Evans 21429. LC copy annotated on verso: Warwick. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, October 23, 1787, two same date; Constitutional Convention

Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, October 23, 1787, two same date...

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December 1, 1784, Rockbridge, Against religious distinctions; against general assessment for support of religion; for a constitutional convention.

December 1, 1784, Rockbridge, Against religious distinctions; against ...

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November 11, 1796, Shenandoah, Opposed to exempting Quakers and Menonists from militia duty; calls for constitutional convention.

November 11, 1796, Shenandoah, Opposed to exempting Quakers and Menoni...

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Address, Hon. Elihu Root before New York Constitutional Convention, 1894

Address, Hon. Elihu Root before New York Constitutional Convention, 18...

Sometime after establishing a New York office in July 1908, the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage reprinted Elihu Root's 1894 address. Root is opposed to woman suffrage; men and women have eq... More

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

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Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Memories of three score years and ten,

Memories of three score years and ten,

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

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