February 10, 1787: William Few Appointed to the Constitutional Convention
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Suggested Readings
Charles C. Jones Jr., "William Few, Lieutenant-Colonel Georgia Militia in the Revolutionary Service," [with an] "Autobiography of Colonel Few of Georgia," Magazine of American History, November 1881, 340-58.
Gerald J. Smith, To Seek a Newer World: A History of Columbia County, Georgia (Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Southern Heritage Press, 2001).
“William Few Jr. (1748-1828).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1092&sug=y
Biographical Directory of the US Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=f000100
Georgia Historical Society Three Centuries of Georgia History http://georgiahistory.com/containers/46#Constitutiongraph
America’s Founding Fathers http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_georgia.html
Georgia Stories: http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/georgia_and_the_united_states_constitution
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February 10, 1787: William Few Appointed to the Constitutional Convention Learn More
Image Credits
Abraham Baldwin Official Portrait Courtesy of UGA Photographic Services
Articles of Confederation Signatures Accessed online from www.ourdocuments.gov
Constitutional Convention 1787 Architect of the Capitol
House where the first legislature met in Georgia First Lessons in Georgia History, Rare Collection, F286 E925 1913 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Leaders of the Continental Congress Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-7216
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Philadelphia State House Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-31505
Philadelphia State House, 1778 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-9486
Red Coat Troops confronting colonists Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-4971
Revolutionary War Georgia Historical Society Print Collection, 1361PR-04-05 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Revolutionary War, Vue de la ville de Savannah, du camp, des tranchées et de l'attaque Octobre 1779 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-11898
Signing of the Constitution Architect of the Capitol
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The State House Philadelphia 1776 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-17704
U.S. Constitution Draft, Baldwin Signature top left Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
William Few, William Few, a Founding Father: A Biographical Perspective of Early American History Public Domain
William Few, 1748-1828 Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-54671
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