Early draft of the Constitution found in Phila.

[CHIOSSO]

Posted on Tue, Feb. 2, 2010


Inquirer Journal
Early draft of the Constitution found in Phila.
By Edward Colimore

Inquirer Staff Writer

Researcher Lorianne Updike Toler was intrigued by the centuries-old document at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

On the back of a treasured draft of the U.S. Constitution was a truncated version of the same document, starting with the familiar words: "We The People. . . ."

Early draft of the Constitution found in Phila. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/02/2010

"This was national scripture, a piece of our Constitution's history," she said of her find in November. "It was difficult to keep my hands from trembling."

As other researchers "realized what was happening, there was a sort of hushed awe that settled over the reading room," Toler said. "One of them said the hair on her arms stood on end."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson

[niel]

I saw this story literally right after watching a rerun of "National Treasure." It was kind of hard to distinguish whether it was fact or fiction.