William Samuel Johnson papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Constitutions; United States; Great Britain; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787); United States. Continental Congress; History
Description: Correspondence; drafts of Johnson's first and second Connecticut addresses (1765) to George III, King of Great Britain; and drafts and copies of documents prepared during his service in the Stamp Act Congress, the Continental Congress, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787.  Includes draft copies of the U.S. Constitution annotated by Johnson and William Jackson.  Correspondents include Roger Alden, Montfort Browne, John Fitch, Samuel Huntington, and Christopher Leffingwell.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, 19,540.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.

Gift, Johnson family and others, 1911-1936.

Purchase, 1920-1980.

Statesman, jurist, and educator.

Collection material in English.