 | Arthur Jacobson - 2000 - 436 pages
...21 February 1787 with a resolution expressing "the opinion of Congress" that delegates assemble in Philadelphia "for the sole and express purpose of...Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislamres such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed... | |
 | Maxwell Bloomfield - 2000 - 236 pages
...dispirited Congress issued a call for such an extraconstitutional gathering "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the states... | |
 | Carol Berkin - 2002 - 324 pages
...February 21, 1787, the Confederation issued the following resolve: "That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that on the second Monday in May...appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia " Hamilton had every reason to celebrate his victory. But from his beloved Mount Vernon, George Washington... | |
 | Christopher A. Anzalone - 2002 - 832 pages
...shall direct"; and in the resolution of Congress of February 21, 1787, which declared it expedient that "a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states" should be held. The appointment of delegates was, in fact, made by the legislatures directly, but that... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 692 pages
...establishing in these States a firm national government: '-Resolved — That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 642 pages
...firm national government. "Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that on the 2d Monday in May next, a Convention of delegates, who...reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 2003 - 766 pages
...Government, Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday of May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation; and reporting... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun, Clyde Norman Wilson - 1959 - 270 pages
...Government, Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday of May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation; and reporting... | |
 | Max. M Edling - 2003 - 356 pages
...Constitutional Convention. this principle was maintained. The delegates should meet "for the sole and express 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... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - 2004 - 762 pages
...amendments to the federal constitution. On the 21st of February, 1787, the Congress resolved that it was expedient " that, on the second Monday in May next,...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States,... | |
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May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations... 
