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THE RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787


JOURNAL

In fœderal-Convention.

On Monday the 14th of May. A.D. 1787. and in the eleventh year of the independence of the United States of America, at the State-House in the city of Philadelphia—in virtue of appointments from their respective States, sundry Deputies to the fœderal-Convention appeared—but, a majority of the States not being represented, the Members present adjourned from day to day until friday the 25th of the said month, when, in virtue of the said appointments appeared from the States of

Massachusetts The honorable Rufus King Esquire.
New-York The honorable Robert Yates, and Alexander Hamilton Esquires.
New-Jersey The honorable David Brearly, William Churchill Houston, and William Patterson Esquires.
Pennsylvania The honorable Robert Morris, Thomas Fitz Simmons, James Wilson, and Gouverneur Morris Esquires.
Delaware The honorable George Read, Richard Basset, and Jacob Broom Esquires.
Virginia His Excellency George Washington, Esquire, His Excellency Edmund Randolph Esquire The honorable John Blair, James Madison, George Mason, George Wythe, and James McClurg Esquires.
North-Carolina The honorable Alexander Martin, William Richardson Davie, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Hugh Williamson Esquires.

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