Reading copy of United States Constitution: second manuscript draft by James Wilson
Permanent ID:
10615
Date:
August 1787
Image Description:
This is the second holograph draft of the Constitution by James Wilson, delegate to the Constitutional Convention from York, PA, and chair of the Committee of Detail. This was the committee charged to draft the Constitution. This version of the Constitution consists of six sheets. The images presented here have been cropped to display the pages sequentially in the order in which the text should be read.
Format:
Manuscripts
