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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00819.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes |
| Title | Pierce Butler's notebook from the Constitutional Convention |
| Date | 30 May - 16 July 1787 |
| Author | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Document Type | Miscellany; Government document |
| Content Description | Four pages of text with 12 blank pages and extensive doodles and calculations on the last page of the conjugate sheet. The notebook contains resolutions of May 30, and comments of Gerry, Wilson and Madison from June 6 to June 16. Continued by GLC00819.09. The text (as well as the rest of the collection) is printed in James Hutson's article, "Pierce Butler's Records of the Federal Constitutional Convention," in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, 37:1 (Winter 1980): 64-73. |
| Subjects | US Constitution US Constitutional Convention Government and Civics Law |
| People | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | This collection of Pierce Butler's papers from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provides unique views of the various conflicts that permeated the Constitutional Convention, while bringing to life the process of creating the United States Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Pierce Butler's Constitutional Convention notebook with comments of the Delegates |