Letter from James McHenry to Peggy McHenry (1787)

by James McHenry
  • September 16, 1787
Image: James McHenry, 3rd United States Secretary of War. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JMcHenry.jpg

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Constitutional Convention

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 the existence of the convention…

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