The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/CLXXVI
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ⅭⅬⅩⅩⅥ. Caleb Strong in the Massachusetts Convention.[1]
January 18, 1788.
Mr. Strong. This mode of census is not new. Our General Court have considered it, and the General Court have agreed. The southern States have their inconveniences; none but negroes can work there; the buildings are worth nothing. When the delegates were apportioned, forty-thousand was the number. Massachusetts had eight, and a fraction; New Hampshire two, and a large fraction. New Hampshire was allowed three; Georgia three, &c. Representation is large enough, because no private local interests are concerned. Very soon, as the country increases, it will be larger. He considered the increasing expense.
- ↑ Debates and Proceedings in Convention of Massachusetts in 1788. Edit. 1856, p. 303.