There is no shortage of historic markers in Philadelphia. Yet, the location where the Constitution was “drafted” by Gouverneur Morris…
Schuyler & Clinton: Unlikely arbitrators in the Morrisania case Mystery Solved at the Library of Congress – Morrisania Part II…
Miss Dally’s Boarding House: The forgotten location where the Constitution was “drafted” Mystery Solved – Part II Until recently the…
Where was the Constitution drafted? Mystery Solved: Gouverneur Morris drafted the Preamble and penultimate version of the Constitution while lodging…
Mystery Solved at the Library of Congress involving fragmentary Morrisania file in the Hamilton Papers – Part I “Orphaned” legal…
Newly discovered financial records in the Massachusetts State Archives underscore the drama preceding the Constitutional Convention in 1787 Massachusetts delegate…
Newly discovered letter fleshes out the difficulties facing the Maryland delegation at the Constitutional Convention “There is no money in…
Hamilton’s arrival in Philadelphia: New Discoveries (Part 1) Historians of the framing of the Constitution have long downplayed Alexander Hamilton’s…
Was Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law being sued by another New York delegate during the Constitutional Convention? A long overlooked legal file…
“Yates Returns” – Part V Legal notices confirm Judge Robert Yates’ schedule in September of 1787 For over two hundred…