Creating the United States

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Benjamin Franklin’s proposed plan of confederation，1775 (46.03)

Benjamin Franklin’s Proposed Plan of Confederation, 1775
Benjamin Franklin. Plan for a Confederation, July 21, 1775. Printed document annotated by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division. Library of Congress (46.01.01) [Digital ID# us0046a_2: other pages: us0046a – us0046a_2]

Writing the Articles of Confederation (046.05.01)

Writing the Articles of Confederation
Thomas Jefferson. Notes on Debates in the Continental Congress, June 7–August 1, 1776 [ante 1781]. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (046.05.01)
[Digital ID # us0046_05p1]

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (048.04.00)

Articles of Confederation Ratified
Thomas Rodney. Diary entry, March 1, 1781. Rodney Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (48.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0048 — us0048_4]

Confederation Congress Elects Its First President

Confederation Congress Elects Its First President
Letter from Charles Thomson to George Washington, November 5, 1781. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Library of Congress (48.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0048_01]

Thomas Jefferson on Black Education (048.03.00)

Thomas Jefferson on Black Education
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Pleasants, [August 27, 1796]. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (048.03.00)
[Digital ID# us0048_03]

Northwest Ordinance Prohibits Slavery (49)

Northwest Ordinance Prohibits Slavery
Committee of Congress. Draft Report of Northwest Ordinance, March 1784. Broadside with emendations by Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (49.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0049]

New States in the West and Northwest

New States in the West and Northwest
Thomas Jefferson. Plan for Boundaries in Western Territory, [1784]. Manuscript document. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (49.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0049_01]

Congress Drafts Northwest Ordinance (049.02.00)

Congress Drafts Northwest Ordinance
Printed draft of the Northwest Ordinance of 1784. Virginia Gazette, May 15, 1784. Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (049.02.00)
[Digital ID# us0049_02p1]

Call to Revise Articles of Confederation (50)

Call to Revise Articles of Confederation
Letter from John Jay to George Washington, March 16, 1786. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (50.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0050]

“The Source of the Evil is the Nature of the Government” (p1)

“The Source of the Evil is the Nature of the Government”
Letter from Henry Knox to George Washington, December 17, 1786. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (50.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0050_01p1–us0050_01p3]

Revolt in Massachusetts (50.02.01)

Revolt in Massachusetts
Letter from Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, January 29, 1787. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (050.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0050_02p1]

Madison and Washington Consider Confederation (51)

Madison and Washington Consider Confederation
Letter from James Madison to George Washington, December 9, 1785. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (51.00.00)
[Digital ID# us0051 — us0051_3]

Annapolis Meeting Leads to a Broader National Convention

Annapolis Meeting Leads to a Broader National Convention
Letter from James Madison to James Monroe, September 11, 1786. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress   (51.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0051_01]

Financial Crisis Fears (051.02.00)

Financial Crisis Fears
Letter from James Monroe to James Madison, September 12, 1786. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (051.02.00)
[Digital ID#us0051_02p1]

Washington and Madison Plan for a New Government (52.2)

Washington and Madison Plan for a New Government
Letter from James Madison to George Washington, April 16, 1787. Manuscript. George Washington Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (52.00.02)
[Digital ID# us0052_2: us0052–us0052_5]

Setting for the Creation the Federal Constitution (53.01.00)

Setting for the Creation of the Federal Constitution
John Rubens Smith. Sketch of the State House In Philadelphia, [1829]. Pencil drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (53.01.00)
[Digital ID# LC-USZ62-113780]

Independence Hall (54.4)

Independence Hall
William Birch. “High Street, from Ninth Street,” from The City of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, As it Appeared in the Year 1800. . . . Hand-colored engraving. Springland, Pennsylvania: William Birch and Son, 1800. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (54.00.02)
[Digital ID#us0054_04: us0054–us0054_3]

Articles of Confederation Emerge from Congress (048.05.00)

Articles of Confederation Emerge from Congress in 1777
United States Continental Congress. Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States. . . . Lancaster: Francis Bailey, 1777. Pamphlet. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (048.05.00)
[Digital ID # us0048_05]

Congress Adopts the Northwest Ordinance (049.04.00)

Congress Adopts the Northwest Ordinance
United States Continental Congress. Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the U.S. Northwest of the Ohio. New York, 1787. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (049.04.00)
[Digital ID # us0049_04]

Congress Adopts the Northwest Ordinance (049.03.00)

Congress Adopts the Northwest Ordinance
United States Continental Congress. An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the U.S. Northwest of the Ohio. New York: 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (049.03.00)
[Digital ID # us0049_03]

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