Transcriber Notes:
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate. Thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Fac-Similes, and the order of illustrations may not be the same in the List of Fac-Similes and in the book.
This document was filled with errors and inconsistencies in punctuations and hyphenation. For example, usually the word re-eligible is hyphenated, but sometimes it is not; sometimes; reinstated is hyphenated but sometimes it is not; and usually the comma is used as a thousand mark, but sometimes a period is used for that purpose. Also, the abbreviations were not uniform (e.g., Mas. v. Mass.), which were only corrected when it was clear which abbreviation was considered correct at the time printed. Another example is the abbreviation for Resolution, which was sometimes Resol:n, sometimes Resoln, and sometimes Resol.n. Sometimes "nem: con." was used, and sometimes "nem. con." was used. The only time errors were corrected was when it was very clear that an error was made, and it was clear how the error should be corrected, and those corrections are listed below. One exception is the case where a period is missing at the end of a sentence, which happened so often that those corrections were made but were not listed below.
Similarly, since the English language has changed so much in the past two hundred years, variations in spelling were only corrected was when it was very clear that an error was made, and it was clear how the error should be corrected. Those corrections are listed below.
The Contents of Volume I. page incorrectly lists the Chronology as starting on page xix, where it starts on page xv.
In Footnote 25, two instances of "thier" was replaced with "their".
On page 23, a comma was added after "Massachusetts".
On page 23, a comma was added after "New York".
On page 39, a comma was added after "Savannah Georgian".
On page 42, the semicolon after "for general propositions" was replaced with a period.
On page 49, a quotation mark was added after "be instituted.".
On page 67, "tranquility" was replaced with "tranquillity".
On page 80, "is to to be" was replaced with "is to be".
On page 85, a period was added after "2".
On page 85, a period was added after "4".
On page 87, a comma was added after "the landed".
On page 104, "that" was replaced with "than".
On page 105, "Mr Bedford In" was replaced with "Mr Bedford, in".
On page 109, "Mr Randolph, urged" was replaced with "Mr Randolph urged".
On page 117, "against the 43." was replaced with "against the 43,".
On page 119, "it was formerly practised" was replaced with "It was formerly practised".
On page 119, "Wilsons" was replaced with "Wilson's".
On page 128, a closing quotation mark was placed after "7 years."
On page 143, a period was added after "2".
On page 159, "unamimous" was replaced with "unanimous".
On page 162, the quotation mark was removed before "The supreme Legislative power".
In Footnote 89, "conpensation" was replaced with "compensation".
In Footnote 89, "misdemesnor" was replaced with "misdemeanor".
In Footnote 89, "Where shall be" was replaced with "There shall be".
In Footnote 89, "§[2]" was replaced with "§ 2.".
On page 164, "Comittee" was replaced with "Committee".
On page 180, "tranquility" was replaced with "tranquillity".
On page 184, "necessaryly" was replaced with "necessarily".
In Footnote 95, "posseses" was replaced with "possesses".
On page 211, "Wiliamson" was replaced with "Williamson".
On page 217, in two instances, "Massts" was replaced with "Massts".
On page 220, a comma was deleted after "Mr Sherman".
On page 233, a period was placed after "1".
On page 236, a quotation mark was placed after "behaviour".
On page 256, a comma was placed after "Antient Greece".
On page 264, a semicolon was replaced with a period.
On page 271, "Comittee" was replaced with "Committee".
On page 274, "prepondenancy" was replaced with "preponderancy".
On page 285, "Elsewth" was replaced with "Elseworth".
On page 285, "Contstitution" was replaced with "Constitution".
On page 286, "honorabl" was replaced with "honorable".
On page 292, "occcasion" was replaced with "occasion".
On page 293, "N J." was replaced with "N. J.".
On page 322, "Teusday" was replaced with "Tuesday".
On page 322, "Hamshire" was replaced with "Hampshire".
On page 323, "Hamshire" was replaced with "Hampshire".
On page 323, "inhabts" was replaced with "inhabts".
On page 323, "brethern" was replaced with "brethren".
On page 330, "brethern" was replaced with "brethren".
On page 336, "Mississpi" was replaced with "Mississippi".
On page 340, "Mard" was replaced with "Md".
On page 340, "S." was replaced with "S. C.".
On page 348, "Hamshire" was replaced with "Hampshire".
On page 356, "weekest" was replaced with "weakest".
On page 365, "orginal" was replaced with "original".
On page 372, the quotation mark was removed before "or in which the harmony".
Throughout the document, there are instances of missing quotation marks, but it is unclear where quotation marks should be added. In those cases, the quotation marks were left as-is.
Throughout the document, "Maddison" was replaced with "Madison", and "Sharman" was replaced with "Sherman".
Although the document refers more often to a Mr. Patterson, instead of Mr. Paterson, some external sources indicate that the delegate's name was Mr. Paterson. Both spellings were retained as-is.