The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/XCII
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XCII. Extract From The Pennsylvania Journal.[1]
[August 22, 1787.]
We are informed, that many letters have been written to the members of the foederal convention from different quarters, respecting the reports idly circulating, that it is intended to establish a monarchical government, to send for the bishop of Osnaburgh, &c., &c.—to which it has been uniformly answered, tho’ we cannot, affirmatively, tell you what we are doing, we can, negatively, tell you what we are not doing—we never once thought of a king.[2]