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Constitutional conventions -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Clement Biddle letter book #45, 1785-1788

 Item — Box 110, Shelf: Closed Stacks
Identifier: 2023-SC-001
Scope and Contents Contains copies of letters written in the course of Clement Biddle's business dealings in Philadelphia. Includes copies of letters to George Washington (28 in number), Henry Knox, James Wilkinson, and Timothy Pickering, and others. The Washington letters concern his efforts to procure household goods, furniture, agricultural implements and supplies for the Washington family, providing a record of the development of the Mount Vernon estate in the period between the Revolutionary War and...
Dates: 1785-1788

The New Haven Gazette and the Connecticut Magazine, 1787 October 25

 Item
Identifier: RM-991; NEWS-5608
Scope and Contents

Pages 1 and 2 contain the official announcement the report from the Constitutional Convention has been received and adopted. Calls for states to hold proceedings to ratify it. Other articles supporting the adoption of the Constitution.

Dates: Other: 1787 October 25