Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787

by James Madison


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Tuesday, September 11

IN CONVENTION

The Report of the Committee of Stile & arrangement not being made & being waited for,

The House Adjourned


1 The year “1787″ is omitted in the transcript.  Return to text

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Introduction

The year was 1787. The place: the State House in Philadelphia. This is the story of the framing of the federal Constitution.

The Convention

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