...Confederation to amend the same, and the existence of defects demanding a remedy, they recommend that " a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed...revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed...

...by their Act of the 21st February, 1787, have recommended that, on the second Monday of May instant, a Convention of Delegates, who shall have been appointed...Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation : " Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Representatives,...

...February, 1787, a Convention Chancely vs. Bailey and Cleveland. was called of the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, " for the sole and express...revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed...

...Monday in May, 1787, a convention of delegates, to be appointed by the several States, should meet in Philadelphia for "the sole and express purpose of...revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed...

...to be the most probable mean of establishing in these States a firm national governm[en]t. Resolved that in the Opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the 2d Monday in May next a Convention] of Delegates] who shall have been app[ointe]d by the several States...

...AND THE SELECTION OF DELEGATES Finally, upon January 21, 1787, Congress issued the following call: "It is expedient that on the second Monday in May...revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, 150 STATE BAR...

...Caleb Strong, Esqrs., Greeting: Whereas, Congress did, on the 21st day of February, AD 1787, resolve, "That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient...who shall have been appointed by the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...

...shall 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...

...shall 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...

...as may be appointed on the part of the other States respectively, on the second Monday in May next, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several Legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed...