Georgia lawyer Abraham Baldwin, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, saved his draft copy. (Photo: Russ Bryant, courtesy of Georgia Historical Society)
The four-page draft of the Constitution was supposed to have been destroyed when the final document was completed, but Georgia lawyer Abraham Baldwin kept his copy.
September 13, 2018 at 03:05 PM
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The Georgia Historical Society on Monday will publicly display a near-final draft of the U.S. Constitution, with changes and margin notes made by Georgia lawyer Abraham Baldwin.
Baldwin was one of two representatives from Georgia at the Constitutional Convention who signed the final document that was released 281 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1781.
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