Union 250

  Union250.us is a documentary exhibition tracing the constitutional evolution of American sovereignty from 1774 to 1789 through original primary sources. Between the convening of the First Continental Congress and the inauguration of government under the Constitution at Federal Hall , Congress operated under four distinct constitutional authorities. Each exercised different powers under different foundations of legitimacy. Union 250 presents: Original manuscripts Congressional journals Legislative acts Signed presidential and delegate documents Contemporary newspaper and pamphlet printings Capitol site documentation Revolutionary coinage and currency Oil portraits of fourteen Presidents of Congress Portraiture of Colonel George Washington and Martha Washington Portraits of Dorothy Hancock, Sarah Jay, Lady Christina, and Annis Boudinot Stockton The Union did not emerge fully formed in 1776. It was constructed—session by session—by a legislative assembly and, ultimately, by the Co...