...February, 1787, the several States appointed who attended a Convention, ' 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...

...to appoint commissioners, to meet at Philadelphia in the succeeding May, "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...

...convention, for t lir sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting lo Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal Constitution adequate lo the exigencies...

...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...

...28 USC 5 1343; 18 USC $ 241. 67. This finds support in the February 21, 1787, call by Congress for a convention "of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states" implying that the qualifications might have been stated but were being left up to the states. 3 FARRAND....

...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...

...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...

...Resolved, that, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on Monday second, in 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...

...follows: 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...

...convention be called to meet in Philadelphia on the second Monday in May "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...