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These are documents which were misplaced, overlooked, or found in private hands when the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834. Among the most interesting are the official report of the Annapolis Convention of September 1786, the event leading to Constitutional Convention; and the full text of "Bankson's Journal," an account containing the credentials of delegates to the convention found nowhere else, as well as various reports, resolutions, and legal acts. Continue…
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Harry Washington (Slave owned by George Washington)
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Benjamin Bankson Jun.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress. Original data from: The National Archives
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