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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1764-1789 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html This web site provides access to full text documents from the Constitutional Congress Broadside Collection and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. The documents are transcriptions of the originals and full bibliographic information is provided for each document. A facsimile image of at least one page of each original document is included on the site. The Constitutional Congress Broadside Collection consists of 253 titles which relate to the work of Congress from 1774 to 1788, although the majority of the material dates from 1781 to 1788. The types of material included in this section are extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, treaties, proclamations, committee reports and other proceedings of Congress. The Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection consists of 21 titles dating from between 1786 and 1789. The types of documents included in this collection are extracts of proceedings of state assemblies and conventions relation to the ratification of the Constitution as well as several essays on ratification. It is possible to search the documents by keyword or to browse the documents. Other features of the site include timelines, a selected bibliography and a related resources section.
Historical theme:
Political history
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