Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
First Report of the Committee of the Whole Convention
Object Number:
MSS.RufusKing.1
Date:
1787
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm)
Gallery Label:
King's notes of the closed proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are the only record, other than a much later version by his friend James Madison, of arguments brought to the convention floor. Includes Rufus King's notes on Hamilton's Speech to the Constitutional Convention, June 29, 1787.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society Library
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
