Papers, 1718-1857.

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Papers, 1718-1857.

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Material on the early Federal Government and on Wilson's business and professional activities: draft of the Constitution and a corrected copy of the same, 1787; notes of debates, resolutions, etc., in the Constitutional Convention; drafts of treaties, memoranda relating to regulation of immigration, and to establishment of the National Bank; business correspondence, 1773-1857, including a journal, July 9, 1794 to Aug. 26, 1794; letters and miscellaneous documents, 1770-1815; docket book, 1743-1768; commonplace book, 1767; deeds and wills, 1718-1785; surveys and maps of lands in Pennsylvania, 1737-1794; articles of agreement, bonds and accounts, 1794-1830; and letters of Mary Wilson Hollingsworth, 1801-1812.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, and Founding Father who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. He was elected twice to the Continental Congress, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the...

Hollingsworth, Mary Wilson

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