Philadelphia Assembly Room - National Parks Gallery
The Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House served as the meeting place of the Pennsylvania Assembly for over sixty years until the State Capital moved away from Philadelphia in 1799. In 1776, the Contine... More
![[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODcvMDEvMDEvbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFydGljbGVzLWFuZC1ub3RpY2VzLXByaW50ZWQtaW4tMTc4Ny1kdXJpbmctdGhlLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLWNvbnZlbnRpb24tMy02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[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
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Meeting of Sconstayeh, A Cherokee emissary, with George Washington, to protest encroachment of whites on Indian lands. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record conta... More
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[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...
Account of the adjournment. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Const., U.S.; Congr. & Conv.
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[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
Rising Sun Chair - National Parks Gallery
A detail of the actual chair Washington sat in while presiding over the Constitutional Convention in 1787. At the signing Franklin was optimistic about the document and said that now he had the happiness to kno... More
Convention at Philadelphia, 1787
George Washington addressing a group of men in a hall at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJ FILE. Illus. in: A history of the United States of America / Hartford : Huntington... More
Franklin in the National Convention / Lossing-Barritt.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Front page of The Boston Gazette, Nov. 26, 1787 containing letter to the editor from "A Federalist" concerning constitutional convention]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODcvMDEvMDEvZnJvbnQtcGFnZS1vZi10aGUtYm9zdG9uLWdhemV0dGUtbm92LTI2LTE3ODctY29udGFpbmluZy1sZXR0ZXItdG8tdGhlLWVkaXRvci02NDAuanBn/40/63/webp "[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.
![Constitutional Convention, Topeka, Kansas Territory [Topeka]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvY29uc3RpdHV0aW9uYWwtY29udmVudGlvbi10b3Bla2Eta2Fuc2FzLXRlcnJpdG9yeS10b3Bla2EtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "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.
![To the people of Leavenworth County [Regarding the coming election for the members of the Constitutional convention] ... June 3d 1857.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvdG8tdGhlLXBlb3BsZS1vZi1sZWF2ZW53b3J0aC1jb3VudHktcmVnYXJkaW5nLXRoZS1jb21pbmctZWxlY3Rpb24tZm9yLXRoZS1tZW1iZXJzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/85/webp "To the people of Leavenworth County [Regarding the coming election for the members of the Constitutional convention] ... June 3d 1857.")
The fox without a tail, Confederate States of America.
A satire on South Carolina's role as instigator of secessionism in the South. The artist may be lampooning the convention of seceded states which assembled at Montgomery, Alabama, on February 4, 1861. The promi... More
Harris, Honorable Henry Richard, Rep of GA. Colonel in Confederate Arm...
A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Wilson, Honorable Benjamin of West Virginia. (Members of State Constit...
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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 Constitut...
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The Cause of Woman: New Hampshire Constitutional Convention
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Philadelphia Independence Hall - National Parks Gallery
Independence Hall, where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and signed.
![Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvYmxhY2stcGFudGhlci1jb252ZW50aW9uLWxpbmNvbG4tbWVtb3JpYWwtdG9od2tsLThhMTY4NS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/46/webp "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
![Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial / [TOH/WKL].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvYmxhY2stcGFudGhlci1jb252ZW50aW9uLWxpbmNvbG4tbWVtb3JpYWwtdG9od2tsLTAwOWE0Zi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/44/webp "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
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775, he molded a fighting force... More
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775, he molded a fighting force... More
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775, he molded a fighting force... More
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775, he molded a fighting force... More
Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
George Washington earned the title "Father of his Country" in recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence. Appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775, he molded a fighting force... More
Independence Visitor Center exhibit area, "signing" station
Don't miss this opportunity to sit in a reproduction of the chair George Washington sat on when he presided over the Constitutional Convention. Photo alert!
William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, June 15, 1776, Military Matters; ...
Military Matters; Indian Affairs; Constitutional Convention
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia L...
Act for Appointing Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: New Jersey...
Propositions to the Constitutional Convention (in Washington's hand)
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"
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.
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
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 ad...
Also available in digital form.
Peale's silhouettes of Georgia delegates to the Constitutional Convent...
Geroge Walton (1741-1804), William Pierce (1740-1789), Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Wm. Houstoun (1755-1813), and Wm. Few (1748-1828) with signatures, and bordered by two eagle emblems in gilt frame. Photo of f... More
William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, June 15, 1776, Military Matters; ...
Military Matters; Indian Affairs; Constitutional Convention
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Virginia L...
Act for Appointing Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: New Jersey...
Propositions to the Constitutional Convention (in Washington's hand)
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.
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
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 ad...
Also available in digital form.
Peale's silhouettes of Georgia delegates to the Constitutional Convent...
Geroge Walton (1741-1804), William Pierce (1740-1789), Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807), Wm. Houstoun (1755-1813), and Wm. Few (1748-1828) with signatures, and bordered by two eagle emblems in gilt frame. Photo of f... More
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: New Jersey...
Propositions to the Constitutional Convention (in Washington's hand)
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.
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
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 ad...
Also available in digital form.
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"
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.
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
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 ad...
Also available in digital form.
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"
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.
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
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 ad...
Also available in digital form.
George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Pocket Book of D...
Formerly "Daily Expenses, Constitutional Convention, 1787"