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Table of contents :
List of delegates speaking in this record --
The Constitutional Convention. Introduction : the road to Philadelphia --
Record of the Convention --
Epilogue : a poorly kept secret --
Biographical notes on delegates speaking in this record --
The Virginia plan --
The New Jersey plan --
Committee of Detail draft Constitution --
Constitution of the United States of America : as approved by the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787.