...other States. That body, on the twenty-first of February, 1787, adopted the 'following resolution : "Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is...convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed i Curtis, I, p. 204. by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...

...in February, 1787 1 How many States responded to the call for a General Convention of the States ? " Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient...Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress, and to the several Legislatures, such alteration and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress,...

...mcrin of establishing iu " ' these states a firm national government. '• • Hfxnlral, That in tho opinion of Congress, it " ' is expedient, that on the second Monday in " 'May next, a convention of delegati-s, who ' ' ' shall have I >wn appointed by tilt »;nfrnl Htiitcx, 11 be lii-Ul in Philadelphia,...

...Congress, recommending a Convention to meet in Philadelphia at the time suggested in the report, " 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...

...and finally the following resolution, submitted by the latter, after being amended, was agreed to : " Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient...Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and tjje aeveral Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when a<> ^ ^ in Congress,...

...Caleb Strong, Esqrs ., Greeting : Whereas Congress did, on the 21st day of February, AD 1787, resolve, "That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday in May next, a ro.ivention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia,...

...appearing to be the most probable mean of establishing in these States a firm national 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...

...1787, the several States appointed delegates, who attended a convention ' for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures sucli alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the...

...Congress, in response to a letter of instructions by New York to her delegates, recommended " that a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, he held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...

...convention to meet at Philadelphia in May, 1787. Congress passed a resolution, that it was expedient to hold "a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States " for purposes named therein ; and hereafter to be referred to (12 Jour. 13, 14). The action of said...