The Framers of the Constitution

usconstitution.net ^ | June 1778 | Framers

[Eddie01]

A handful of my heroes..

[Slyfox]

Thanks for posting this info.

[uncbob]

Very interesting

Many thanks for posting it

[Eddie01]

American Worthies

...has a ring to it.

[Sacajaweau]

I noticed that one of these was almost identical to a summary written by Jefferson so my intuition is that much of this was plagerized.

[BatGuano]

Great insight of a man who seemed to be kind as well as honest in his assessments of the men he had the honor of serving with. Robert Morris is a GGGGGGGGrandfather of mine. His granddaughter married a male ancestor of mine and Morris is my middle name. He is buried at Christ Church in Philadelphia and is known as the “Financier of the Revolution”. He was not formerly educated but was apprenticed at a young age to a banking firm. After the Convention he lost a great deal of his wealth in land speculation in Western New York and served 3 years in debtors prison. The fate of many of the signers of the Declaration and the Constitution was similar.

[Texas Fossil]

“Farrand’s Records”

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3032

“The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union”

Farrand, Max, 1869-1945

[Eddie01]

You must be a blast at parties.

[Sacajaweau]

You hit it on the button.

And when I hear the story of Washington and the Cherry tree...I go nuts...

[narses]

Not FRAMERS, FATHERS. Men, every one of them.

[NeoCaveman]

Narses,

Often the writers of the Constitution are referred to as the framers as not to be confused with the men who started the American Revolution, known as the founding fathers.

[fewz]

How could Jefferson write a summary of the Constitutional Convention?

[wku man]

The problem with using the word "framers" is that it gives the impression that the Constitution was/is still unfinished, like a house under construction. The Constitution is indeed a finished product, but like a house, it can be added to. The process is long and laborious, just like putting an addition on your house, and rightfully so. To say the Constitution was "framed" in 1787 implies there are gaps in the walls that still need to be bricked over.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Sacajaweau]

Jefferson wrote a summary (description) of one of the men noted...

[narses]

Framers is a post-modern sop to feminism. The meme you cite is one crafted by the liberal, left academic crowd.

[Texas Fossil]

By the way, I place more value in James Madison’s Minutes of the Constitutional Convention than Farrand’s.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the post Eddie01 and the ping, SC.

Although I usually save the ping to the list for news or book reviews, I will now make an exception since there may be a few people (like me) who were completely unaware of these contemporaneous portraits by Pierce.

And yes...Hamilton was arrogant, from what I understand.

Any way that today's kids learn this document is OK with me.

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[Pharmboy]

See above...

[Dr. Scarpetta]

BTTT!