...State Legislatures, the progress of the deliberations of the Convention to these bodies, to report to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations...as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed ly the several States, render the Federal Constitution adequate " to the exigencies of government ;"...

...Monday iu May next, a Convention of Delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union." And whereas, the General Court have constituted and appointed you their...

...February, 1787, the several States appointed delegates who attended a Convention ' for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.' " It was by the delegates chosen by the several States, under the resolution...

...local, but apply equally to all the states. As the convention was called for " the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...several legislatures such alterations and provisions as shall render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...

...resolution, declared that it was expedient "that a convention of delegates, who shall have been, appointed by the several States, be. held at Philadelphia, for...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of the Union." § 43. In consequence of these proceedings,...

...expedient that on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for...Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein аз shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the 1 Page 348. * Papo...

...express purpose of revising the " articles of confederation, and reporting to congress and the sev" eral legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein,...constitution adequate to the exigencies of "government and the preservation of the union." Prom these two acts, it appears, 1st, that the object of the convention...

...the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several State legislatures such alterations and provisions therein,...States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government." On the second Monday in May, 1787, this convention assembled in Philadelphia....

...in compliance with this recommendation that delegates were chosen in the several States, " for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several State legislatures such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress and...

...expedient that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and exclusive purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several...