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Collection Reference Number GLC00819.02
From Archive Folder Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes 
Title Constitution [First printing of second draft] [Committee of Style]
Date 12 September 1787
Document Type Government document
Content Description Second draft of the Constitution, by the Committee of Style, printed on recto of each leaf and tied (leaves 1-2 only) with a ribbon, uncut and unbound. With the notes of Pierce Butler. Housed in Plexiglas package and string-matted.
Subjects US Constitution  US Constitutional Convention  Government and Civics  Law  
People Butler, Pierce (1744-1822)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Notes: Included here are only those passages to which Butler made changes.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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