Pennsylvania State House, later named Independence Hall, meeting place of Congress.
Courtesy of Independence National Historical Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Signing of the Constitution
The scene at the signing of the Constitution oil
painting by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940.
Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, DC
CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER WRITINGS OF SEVEN MAJOR SHAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES:
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Over 185,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects. A searchable database of thousands of primary source documents.
This page provides sources of information and guidance related to researching the Constitution of the United States, the document as a primary source, finding transcripts and secondary sources analyzing it in relation to elections. Links to primary documents about the signers and the Founders can be found on this page as well.
Below are high-resolution images of the document, which the original document is kept and preserved at The National Archives, in Washington D.C.
