An Act Appointing Deputies to Convention to Revise Federal Constitution

Posted by on Nov 24, 2013 in | Comments Off on An Act Appointing Deputies to Convention to Revise Federal Constitution On December 30, 1786, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania appointed Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, James Wil­son, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Gou­verneur Morris, and Jared Ingersoll to serve as dele-gates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, then serving as president of Pennsylvania, was added to the list of delegates by a special act on March 28, 1787...
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