Search | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

1,977 items

History Now Essay

Reconstruction and the Remaking of the Constitution

Eric Foner

Government and Civics

Reprinted by permission of Eric Foner from the preface to his book The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution (Norton, 2019) The Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed form the...

Appears in:

55 | Examining Reconstruction Fall 2019

Constitution [printing of first draft] [Committee of Detail]

Collection Item

Document signed

06 August 1787

Constitutional Convention, 1787

Constitution [printing of first draft] [Committee of Detail]

Report of the Committee of Detail, the first draft of the Constitution, signed by Pierce Butler with his annotations. The leaves are printed recto only. Uncut and unbound, sealed in Plexiglas string mat. "We the People of the States of New-Hampshire...

GLC00819.01

News

Explore the Constitution with the Gilder Lehrman Institute

September 17 is Constitution Day, a time to celebrate the US Constitution, the oldest written national framework for government in the world. Take the opportunity to discover and appreciate its history, content, and meaning with...

News

Constitution Day Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

The United States has the oldest written national framework of government in the world. The US Constitution is a dynamic document that has inspired debate since its inception, has been used to justify and later correct deplorable...

Program/Event

Constitution Day Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

Pierce Butler's notes on the draft of the preamble to the US Constitution, August 6, 1787. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, GLC00819.01) Explore the New Nation section of our History Resources . You will find Essays...