The documents included here supplement those printed in Part V in RCS:Mass., Volume 3. The Convention microfiche include
- The Convention journal for the ten days (or parts of those days) not printed in Volume 3.
- The book edition of Convention Debates for the six days (or parts of those days) not printed in Volume 3.
- Jeremy Belknap’s Notes of Debates for the nine days (or parts of those days) not printed in Volume 3.
- Theophilus Parsons’ Notes of Debates for 22 January and the afternoon session of 23 January.
- Facsimiles of six items from the William Cushing Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- Transcriptions or facsimiles of various items from the bound volume labeled “Constitutional Convention 1788” at the Massachusetts Archives.
- Facsimiles of Convention documents from various repositories.
- Newspaper reports of Convention proceedings and debates (arranged by date of newspaper not date of Convention action).
Each of the above groupings have a separate document number, with multiple items in each grouping having a letter extension (e.g., 18–A).