On Display
In Cold War Washington, the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were on display on the exhibit floor of National Archives during the day. At night, the cases were lowered into a safe under the floor.
- Protecting the Bill of Rights: the Mosler VaultPosted on December 17, 2015. “Pieces of History” National Archives blog.
Sources
- Errors in the Constitution -- Typographical and CongressionalArticle by Henry Bain. In Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Fall 2012).
- Document IX: Wilson's Final Draft In "Early Drafts of the US Constitution"Article by William Ewald, and Lorianne Updike Toler. In The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 135, no. 3 (2011): pages 321-366. Includes transcription and annotation of Wilson's draft.
- Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States by69th Congress, 1st Session, House Doc. No. 398. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1927. 1128 pages. In the Serial Set.
- Early Drafts of the U.S. ConstitutionArticle by William Ewald, and Lorianne Updike Toler. In The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 135, no. 3 (2011): 227-38.
- Printing the Constitution: The Convention and Newspaper Imprints, August-November 1787 byArticle by Leonard Rapport in Prologue journal of the National Archives Vol. 2 (1970), p. 69-89.
- As Constitution turns 225, rare drafts go on display (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)By Edward Colimore, Philadelphia Inquirer, First Published September 18, 2012.
- Constitution, Printed, with Marginal Notes by George Washington, September 12, 1787George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 4. General Correspondence. 1697-1799. Washington's notes on the Committee of Style's draft.
- Draft of the Federal Constitution, Report of Committee of Style (The Washington Papers)DATE September 12, 1787
- Eight myths about the ConstitutionPosted on September 16, 2013. Pieces of History National Archives Blog.
- Historic New Haven newspaper printing of U.S. Constitution up for auctionArticle has information on 18th-century newspaper publishing style. "Newspapers of the day tended to carry business and practical news, such as shipping information, as well as advertisements, on Page 1, with political news printed inside."
- JOHN DICKINSON DelawareBiographies. Signers of the Constitution. National Park Service.
- Protecting the Bill of Rights: the Mosler VaultPosted on December 17, 2015. “Pieces of History” National Archives blog.
- Report of the Committee of StyleUnited States Constitution. Philadelphia: Claypoole and Dunlap, September 12, 1787. Top Treasures. Library of Congress. This copy belonged to James Madison. Transferred from the State Department.
- The Rules for Long S (Babelstone blog)The long S does not have a horizontal line or the horizontal line is only on the left of the stem, in printed works.
- A Second Draft also Written in James Wilson’s Hand (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)August 1787. Revised handwritten draft, produced by the Committee of Detail. Held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- We the People of the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations ... (Library of Congress)Report of Committee of Detail. (Between Aug 1 and Aug 6).
