 | Mitchell Meltzer - 2005 - 216 pages
...the following Resolution. . . . Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that. ... a Convention of Delegates, who shall have been appointed...Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation . . . [to] render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies... | |
 | H. W. Farwell - 2004 - 142 pages
...a call for a constitutional convention, specifically stating that it was "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein." In response, eight states instructed their delegates to operate... | |
 | Kristin Eck - 2005 - 52 pages
...meaning of the word "delegate." A delegation is a group of delegates. on February 21, 1787: ". . . it is expedient that on the Second Monday in May next a Convention of The Annapolis Convention took place at the Maryland State House (above) in September 1786. The convention... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison - 2006 - 658 pages
...of 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...held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose ot revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 pages
...1787: "Resolved, That in the opinion of congress, it is expedient, that... a convention of delegates... be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states,... | |
 | Israel Ward Andrews - 1874 - 420 pages
...second Monday in May next, a invention of delegates, who shall have been appointed i Curtis, I, p. 204. by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - 2007 - 1236 pages
...Resolution of Congress Resolved that in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the 2d Monday of uch more then where it is a faculty, to be held at Philada, for the sole and expres[s] purpose of revising the articles of confederation,... | |
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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... 
