Constitutional Centennial Commission papers 1884-1887 (bulk, 1886-1887)

Constitutional Centennial Commission papers

The Constitutional Centennial Commission was organized in December of 1886. Its purpose was to provide for a celebration of the "Centennial Anniversary of the Framing and Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States". Records of the commission: list of names of guests invited,...

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Corporate Author: Constitutional Centennial Commission (U.S.) (Creator)
Collection:Constitutional Centennial Commission Papers
Collection Number:0676
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
Barringer, Lewin W.
Brewster, Frederick Carroll > 1825-1898.
Campbell, James V.
Carrol, Thomas
Carson, Hampton L. (Hampton Lawrence) > 1852-1929
Fenner, Charles Erasmus > 1834-1911.
Finley, J. J.
Gantt, Thomas T.
Garrison, Charles Grant > 1849-1924
Goshen, Alfred T.
Green, Marcellus.
Hailey, John Edward > 1838-1923.
Hazzard, Rowland.
Henry, William Wirt.
Henszey, Samuel A.
Holliday, William H.
Hoyt, James A.
Jones, Edward F.
Kasson, John A.
Kimball, Benjamin A.
Knight, Edward W.
Lapham, William Berry > 1828-1894.
Little, Amos
Lodge, Henry Cabot > 1850-1924.
Lucas, Daniel Bediger > 1836-1909.
Makintosh, Richard
Masterson, Murat
Ordway, N. G.
Paine, Clinton P.
Palmer, John M.
Pennoyer, Sylvester
Purcell, Edward B.
Ramsey, Alexander > 1815-1903
Reeve, Charles.
Richardson, James Daniel > 1843-1914.
Robertson, William M.
Robinson, Henry Cornelius > 1832-1900.
Rodney, John H.
Tappan, James C.
Commemorative Celebrations > Philadelphia.
Ephemera.
Industry and Technology > 19th Century.
Menus.
Parades > 19th Century.
Prints.
Programs.
Sheet music > United States > History > 19th century.
Tickets.
United States > Constitution > Centennial celebration.
United States > Constitution > Centennial Commission > Philadelphia > 1886-1887.
Correspondence.
Invitations.
Poems.
Online Access:Link to finding aid
Physical Description: 5.0 Linear feet ; 10 boxes, 6 volumes
Summary: The Constitutional Centennial Commission was organized in December of 1886. Its purpose was to provide for a celebration of the "Centennial Anniversary of the Framing and Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States". Records of the commission: list of names of guests invited, letters of acceptance, letters of refusal, and miscellaneous letters, 1887; official programs, broadsides, pamphlets, memorial to the Senate and House of Representatives, songs, tickets, 1887; correspondence of Colonel A. Loudon Snowden, marshal of Philadelphia, 1887; letter book, guests' register book, account book of expenditures, letter copy book, acceptance book, magazines, 1886-1887.

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