 | Arthur Jacobson - 2000 - 436 strani
...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... | |
 | Carol Berkin - 2002 - 324 strani
...help wherever it could find it. On February 21, 1787, the Confederation issued the following resolve: "That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient,...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... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 2002 - 412 strani
...appointed by the several States, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and excess purpose of revising tlie articles of confederation • and reporting to Congress...legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of... | |
 | Christopher A. Anzalone - 2002 - 832 strani
...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... | |
 | Max. M Edling - 2003 - 356 strani
...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... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun, Clyde Norman Wilson - 1959 - 270 strani
...to be the most probable mean of establishing, in the 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... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 2003 - 766 strani
...to be the most probable mean of establishing, in the 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... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 642 strani
...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 2d Monday in May next, a Convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States,... | |
 | Mitchell Meltzer - 2005 - 216 strani
...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 strani
...a call for a constitutional convention, specifically stating that it was "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...legislatures such alterations and provisions therein." In response, eight states instructed their delegates to operate under the Virginia call, while four... | |
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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... 
