 Though the committee did not record minutes of its proceedings , three key surviving documents offer clues to the committee ’ s handiwork : an outline by Randolph with edits by Rutledge , extensive notes and a second draft by Wilson , also with Rutledge ’ s edits , and the committee ’ s final report to the Convention . From this evidence it is thought that the committee used the original Virginia Plan , the decisions of the Convention on modifications to that plan , and other sources , such as the Articles of Confederation , provisions of the state constitutions , and even Charles Pinckney 's plan , to produce the first full draft , which author David O. Stewart has called a " remarkable copy @-@ and @-@ paste job . " 
