...dispirited Congress issued a call for such an extraconstitutional gathering "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the states render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...

...21 February 1787 with a resolution expressing "the opinion of Congress" that delegates assemble in Philadelphia "for the sole and express purpose of...Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislamres such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed...

...appointed by the several States, be held in Philadelphia, for the sole and excess purpose of revising tlie articles of confederation • and reporting to Congress...legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein as shall render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of...

...resolve: "That in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient, that on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia " Hamilton had every reason to celebrate his victory. But from his beloved Mount Vernon, George Washington...

...direct"; and in the resolution of Congress of February 21, 1787, which declared it expedient that "a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states" should be held. The appointment of delegates was, in fact, made by the legislatures directly, but that...

...'-Resolved — That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed...shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...

...Constitutional Convention. this principle was maintained. The delegates should meet "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...

...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...

...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...

...February, 1787, the Congress resolved that it was expedient " that, on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed...shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...