Where can I find the record of votes of the 1787 Constitutional Convention? Is there an online source for the 1787 convention voting records?
Where can I find the record of votes of the 1787 Constitutional Convention? Is there an online source for the 1787 convention voting records?
Dear Mr. Bashinski,
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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located Official Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, 1785 - 1787 in the Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention (Record Group 360) that include the Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention. This item has been digitized and is available online through the Catalog. For more information about the non-digitized records in this series, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) at archives1reference@nara.gov.
Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention, selected page, Official Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, 1785 - 1787. NAID 301680.
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You also may be interested in Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 that is available through the Library of Congress.
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