Letter from James McHenry to Peggy McHenry (1787)
My dear Peggy. Yesterday evening the plan of government passed by an unanimous vote, and tomorrow we shall determine the mode to promulgate it and then put an end to
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My dear Peggy. Yesterday evening the plan of government passed by an unanimous vote, and tomorrow we shall determine the mode to promulgate it and then put an end to
I1 am much obliged to you for your communication of the proceedings of ye Convention, since I left them2; for I feel that anxiety about ye result, which it’s Importance must
“From James Madison to William Short, 6 June 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/40rb. … The Convention has been formed about 12 days. It contains in several instances the most respectable
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 September 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/oeme. Dear Sir My last was intended for the Augst. Packet and put into the hands of Commodore
“To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 6 June 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/mow8. The day fixed for the meeting of the Convention was the 14th.ult: on the 25th. and not
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/uxkk. . . . The Convention continue to sit, and have been closely employed since the Commencemt. of
“From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 28 July 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/1u3h. I am sorry that I cannot gratify your wish to be informed of the proceedings of
Source: “James Madison to Edward Pendleton1.” May 27, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. I have
“George Washington to Henry Knox,” August 19, 1787. In Supplement to Max Farrand’s The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, edited by James H. Hutson. New Haven: Yale University Press,
“From George Washington to George Augustine Washington, 9 September 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/cp6u. Dear George, This acknowledgment of your letter of the 2d of this Month is probably the