...the utility, nay, necessity of the form, the period is not arrived for adopting have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." — Journals, February 21st. The letter...

...the city of Philadelphia, on the second Monday in May following, " for the sole and express pur pose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting...States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." * In accordance with the terms of this...

...the city of Philadelphia, on the second Monday in May following, " for the sole and express pur pose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting...States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." * In accordance with the terms of this...

...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...legislatures such alterations and provisions therein aa shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate...

...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...legislatures such alterations and provisions therein aa shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate...

...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...States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union." And whereas, the General Court have constituted...

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

...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...exigencies of the government and the preservation of the Union." § 43. In consequence of these proceedings, delegates to the convention were appointed...