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This primary source comes from the General Records of the Department of State.
National Archives Identifier: 7347113
Full Citation: Report of the Grand Committee (Great Compromise); 7/5/1787; Manuscript Copy for John Quincy Adams’ Edition of “The Journal of the Constitutional Convention”, 1882 – 1921; General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/great-compromise/, May 1, 2026]
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