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Page 12--Records of Journal of Congress and Other Official Documents

Published below are tables showing copies of pages from the Journal of Congress, the official record of the Congress during the Articles of Confederation and later the Constitution. Historic records from other sources are also presented. All images may be clicked to enlarge for reading purposes. You may click the links in the list below to go directly to the table described.

• Table 1: Journal of Congress, March 1, 1781: Articles of Confederation creating first formal national government in the United States.
• Table 2: Journal of Congress: Report of Annapolis Convention Commissioners, September 20, 1786.
• Table 3: Journal of Congress: Federal Convention of 1787 Convention Call, February 21, 1787.
  
• Table 4: Record of the Federal Convention of 1787, Delegate Credentials and Attendance (Farrand).
• Table 5: Committee of Detail Reports, Federal Convention of 1787 (Farrand).
• Table 6: Report of Committee of Detail, Proposed Constitution, (First Draft) Federal Convention of 1787, August 6, 1787 (Farrand).
  
• Table 7: Proposed Constitution Submitted to Committee of Style, Federal Convention of 1787, September 10, 1787 (Farrand).
• Table 8: Committee of Style Report, Federal Convention of 1787, September 12, 1787 (Farrand).
  
• Table 9: Madison's Minutes Regarding Final Changes to Article V, September 15-17, 1787 (Eliot's Debates).
• Table 10: Proposed Constitution (Final Draft), Federal Convention of 1787, September 17, 1787 (Farrand).
  
• Table 11: Journal of Congress: Proposed Constitution, September 20, 1787.
• Table 12: Melancton Smith, Member of Congress: Notes on Debate in Congress on Proposed Constitution, September 27, 1787.
• Table 13: Journal of Congress: Record of Vote Transmitting proposed Constitution to the States, September 27-28, 1787.
• Table 14: Journal of Congress: State Ratification Documents of United States Constitution.
• Table 15: Journal of Congress: Ratification of Constitution, July 2, 1788; Order Creating New Government, July 8, 1788.
• Table 16: Journal of Congress: State Ratification Documents of the Bill of Rights and Other Amendments.
• Table 17: Development of Article V: Earliest Version to Final Form (Farrand).
• Table 17A: The Virginia Plan, May 29, 1787 (Farrand).
  
• Table 17B: The Report of the  Committee of the whole House, June 13, 1787 (Farrand).
• Table 17C: The Committee of Detail Reports on Amendment (Farrand).
• Table 17D: The Events of August 30, 1787 (Farrand).
• Table 17E: The Events of September 10, 1787 (Farrand).
• Table 17F: The Events of September 15, 1787 (Farrand).
  

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Table 1: Journal of Congress, March 1, 1781: Articles of Confederation

Table 2: Journal of Congress: Report of the Annapolis Convention Commissioners, September 20, 1786

 Table 3: Journal of Congress: Federal Convention of 1787 Convention Call, February 21, 1787

Table 4: Record of the  Federal Convention of 1787, Delegate Credentials and Attendance (Farrand)

Table 5: Committee of Detail Reports, Federal Convention of 1787 (Farrand)

Table 6: Report of Committee of Detail, Proposed Constitution, (First Draft) Federal Convention of 1787, August 6, 1787 (Farrand)

Table 7: Proposed Constitution Submitted to Committee of Style, Federal Convention of 1787, September 10, 1787 (Farrand)

Table 8: Committee of Style Report, Federal Convention of 1787, September 12, 1787 (Farrand)

Table 9: Madison's Minutes Regarding Final Changes to Article V, September 15-17, 1787

Table 10: Proposed Constitution (Final Draft), Federal Convention of 1787, September 17, 1787 (Farrand)

Table 11: Journal of Congress: Proposed Constitution, September 20, 1787

Table 12: Melancton Smith, Member of Congress: Notes on Debate in Congress on Proposed Constitution, September 27, 1787

Table 13: Journal of Congress: Record of Vote Transmitting proposed Constitution to the States, September 27-28, 1787

Table 14: Journal of Congress: State Ratification Documents of United States Constitution

Table 15: Journal of Congress: Ratification of Constitution, July 2, 1788; Order Creating New Government, July 8, 1788

Table 16: Journal of Congress: State Ratification Documents of the Bill of Rights and Other Amendments

Table 17: Development of Article V: Earliest Version to Final Form

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