 | George McHenry - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 382 pages
...next, a convention of dele' gates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be ' held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of...revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Con' gress, and the several legislatures, such alterations and pro'visions therein as shall render... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 744 pages
...1787, adopted the following resolution, 1. Elliott, 120 : " 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,... | |
 | John Fulton - Constitutional history - 1864 - 582 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,... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...Congress, though unwillingly, to agree to the plan. On the N 21st of February, 1787, it was resolved, "That, on the second Monday in May next, a Convention...reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,... | |
 | United States - Constitutional law - 1976 - 96 pages
...several States, to be held in Philadelphia on the second Monday in May 1787, "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 shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States... | |
 | Betsy McCaughey Ross - Biography & Autobiography - 1980 - 388 pages
...Massachusetts delegates moved that Congress lend its support to a convention for the "sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several state legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 556 pages
...21, 1787 : " Resolved, that in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday of May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 612 pages
...the resolution of the Congress of the confederacy calling the convention, "for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several state legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall render the federal constitution... | |
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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... 
