 | Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 610 pages
...May, then next, a convention of delegates who should have been appointed by the several states, should be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as should, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states,... | |
 | Jabez Delano Hammond - New York (State) - 1842 - 604 pages
...that convention. The resolution declared that the delegates were appointed, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and amendments therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the several... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1843 - 866 pages
...establishing in these states a firm national government — "Resolved, That in the opinion of congress, it is expedient, that on the second Monday in May...reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states,... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 254 pages
...recommendation it contained, and on the 21st of February 1787, resolved, ' that in the opinion of congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next,...reporting to congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states,... | |
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...recommendation it contained, and on the 21st of February 1787, resolved, ' that in the opinion of congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next,...convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by tlie several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles... | |
 | John Sanderson, Robert Taylor Conrad - United States - 1846 - 900 pages
...convention of delegates, to be appointed by the several states, should be held in the month of May, 1787, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...reporting to congress, and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, ns should, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states,... | |
 | John Stilwell Jenkins - New York (State) - 1846 - 552 pages
...States, should be held at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May, then next, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as should, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | William L. Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 402 pages
...Whereas Congress did, on the 21st day of February, AD 1787, resolve, "That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, whf shall have been appointed by the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 pages
...general feeling on the subject, and adopted the following resolution : " That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next,...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1847 - 568 pages
...necessity of the form, the period is not arrived for adopting have been appointed by the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States,... | |
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May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations... 
