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Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
- Title
- Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America, 1787.
- Author
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | volume 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 23121 volume 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- Alexander Hamilton's autograph draft of a constitution for the United States government, 1787. Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. He was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The draft, in ten articles, is a more developed expression of the outline or plan of a constitution presented by Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention on June 18, 1787. While the document is undated, its text resembles that copied by James Madison, identified as being given to him by Hamilton at the close of the Convention in September, 1787. The document consists of 10 leaves with 18 pages of text, and 1 page of notes with title endorsement, bound in 1 volume.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Constitutions.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889) to the Astor Library in 1885.
- Call Number
- MssCol 23121
- OCLC
- 900233760
- Author
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
- Title
- Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America, 1787.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Source
- Donated by Alexander Hamilton (1816-1889) to the Astor Library in 1885.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Statesmen.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 23121