 | Jabez Delano Hammond - 1842 - 604 sider
...that convention. The resolution declared that the delegates were appointed, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...and the several legislatures such alterations and amendments therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several states under... | |
 | Jabez Delano Hammond - 1842 - 610 sider
...that convention. The resolution declared that the delegates were appointed, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...and the several legislatures such alterations and amendments therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several states under... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - 1843 - 256 sider
...shall have been appointed by tlie several states, be held at Philadelphia, 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.' (1 Elliot's Debates, 155.) "Such was the origin of the convention of... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 sider
...shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government, and the preservation of the Union." In consequence of this, delegates to the... | |
 | Henry Sherman - 1843 - 302 sider
...States should be held at Philadelphia " for the purpose of revising the ARTICLES OF CONFEDE RATION, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures,...States, render the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION adequate to the emergencies of government, and the preservation of the Union." « September 18, 1786. t 1787. CHAPTER... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - 1846 - 552 sider
...States, should be held at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May, then next, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as should, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, under the Federal Constitution, be... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - 1846 - 900 sider
...several states, should be held in the month of May, 1787, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation,...legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, ns should, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution... | |
 | William Hickey - 1846 - 396 sider
...other States, respectively, on the second Monday in May next, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress, and to the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 sider
...the articles of confederation." Those of NewYork were authorized to meet " for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several legislatures, such alterations therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hallett - 1848 - 84 sider
...who shall have been appointed by the several States, beheld at Philadelphia for the tole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation,...States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government and the preservation of the Union." [4. Elliot's Debates, old ed., 24. App.... | |
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Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render... 
