Debates in the Several State Conventions/Volume 5/May 14

by Jonathan Elliot

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DEBATES

IN THE

FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787,

HELD AT PHILADELPHIA.

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Monday, May 14, 1787,

Was the day fixed for the meeting of the deputies, in Convention, for revising the federal system of government. On that day a small number only had assembled. Seven states were not convened till