the
DEBATES
in
THE CONVENTION
of the
STATE OE PENNSYLVANIA,
on the
ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
This being the day recommended by the legislature for the meeting of this body, a number of gentlemen delegated thereto met, accordingly, at the state-house, and adjourned to three o'clock, P.M., to-morrow.
Wednesday, November 21, 1787.—Sixty of the gentlemen elected to serve in the Convention met.
The returns of the elections held for the city of Philadelphia, and the several counties of this state, were read ; by which it appears that the following gentlemen were returned as delegates for the Convention for the said cities and counties respectively, viz.:—
For the city of Philadelphia. George Latimer, Benjamin Rush, Hilary Baker, James Wilson, Thos. M'Kean.
For Philadelphia county. William M'Pherson, John Hunn, George Gray, Samuel Ashmead, Enoch Edwards.
For Bucks county. Henry Wynkoop, John Barclay, Thomas Yardly, Abraham Stout.
For Chester county. Thomas Ball, Anthony Wayne, William Gibbons, Richard Downing, Thomas Cheney, John Hannum.
For Lancaster county. Stephen Chambers, Robert Coleman, Sebastian Graff, John Hubley, Jasper Yeates, John Whitehill.
For York county. Henry Slagle, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Hartley, David Grier, John Black, Benjamin Pedan.
For Cumberland county. John Harris, John Reynolds, Robert Whitehill, Jonathan Hoge.
For Berks county. Nicholas Lutz, John Ludwig, Abraham Lincoln, John Bishop, Joseph Heister.
