The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/CCLV

by Max Farrand

ⅭⅭⅬⅤ. Roger Sherman in the House of Representatives.^[1]

May 3, 1790.

Mr. Sherman said, that a proposition to vest Congress with power to establish a National University was made in the General Convention; but it was negatived. It was thought sufficient that this power should be exercised by the States in their separate capacity.

1. Annals of Congress, First Congress, Ⅱ, 1551.