Jacob Shallus

Jacob Shallus

Jacob Shallus (1750-1796) was the Engrosser or Penman of the United States Constitution whose hand-written copy of the Constitution is on display in the US National Archives.

Jacob Shallus served as Assistant Clerk to the Pennsylvania General Assembly at the time of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Although his name appears nowhere on the official document, the investigation into the identity of the Penman in 1937 for the 150th anniversary of the Constitution revealed the identity of the transcriber and that $30 was paid for "clerks employed to transcribe & engross."

Shallus is also credited as Assistant Secretary in the 1790 re-authoring of the State Constitution of Pennsylvania.

External links

* [http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/winter/travels-charters.html "Prologue" Winter 2002, Vol. 34, No. 4, Travels of the Charters of Freedom]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/constitution/introf.htm National Park Service Educational Document]
* [http://www.calligraphersguild.org/penmen.html History of Penmanship]


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