Federal Convention of 1787

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 25 February

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. Find out which Pinckney had a birthday on this date in Founders History.

February 25, 2015 9

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 15 February 2013

This Day in Founding Founders History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. Find out what father of 10, lawyer, and High Sheriff of Essex County was born in today's Founding Fathers History.

February 15, 2015 9

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 17 July

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. Another birthday on this day in 1744, that of Elbridge Gerry. Gerry assumed the office of vice president under President Madison after George Clinton died in office, and Gerry too died in office less than two years later.

July 17, 2014 8

Interviews

Kevin Gutzman – 1787 Constitution Convention, Federalists Lied

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – In the same hall, eleven years later, men are meeting to discuss the new plan of government, the Virginia Plan as it’s known. Today is the 19th, so we’re almost three weeks into the discussion over James Madison’s Virginia Plan as offered by Edmund Randolph. It’s around about this time that the New York delegation has about had it with little Jimmy Madison. They’re […]

June 19, 2014 9

The Founders

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. II

Interview With Kevin Gutzman Part II Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "On this day, on May the 29th -- I just went back and read the record from Farrand’s records last night. This doesn’t have anything to do with James Madison, but I know you know about this. I noted that at this juncture of the meeting on May the 29th, Judge Yates has yet to blow a gasket. […]

June 4, 2014 11

Transcripts

What Really Happened At Start Of Federal Convention Of 1787, Pt. I

Interview with Kevin Gutzman - Federal Convention Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Let’s get to the matter at hand here with Professor Kevin Gutzman, who is one of the foremost authorities on James Madison. I wanted to start with the introduction of the Virginia Plan, which happened 237 years ago today. Governor Randolph was, of course, the gentleman that introduced the plan. It wasn’t Madison who introduced it. In the […]

June 2, 2014 9

Transcripts

How Federal Convention That Produced Constitution Came About

Federal Convention and the Constitution Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "So how did they arrive in Philadelphia on the 14th of May 1787? They were supposed to have this convention. And why would we care about that today? Well, the reason we ought to care about it is because of the pretenses under which they were meeting. What Madison and Hamilton had told the public and what they had told […]

May 18, 2014 7

Transcripts

Propose New Government Proves States Independent Not Indivisible

Federal Convention of 1787 Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Federal Convention of 1787 began 227 years ago today. It was to meet in Philadelphia to consider amendments to the Articles of Confederation. That’s all it was supposed to do. It wasn’t supposed to be secret. Few of the things that happened were actually supposed to happen. It is thought by many, or fantasized by many, that those events that I […]

May 14, 2014 2

This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 14 May

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1607 on this day, the Jamestown settlement was established by English settlers with the Virginia Company of London.

May 14, 2014 11