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" That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of... "
Counting Electoral Votes: Proceedings and Debates of Congress Relating to ... - Page 4
by United States. Congress - 1877 - 807 pages
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From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save ...

Robert A. Goldwin - 1997 - 236 pages
...follows: Congress having received the report of the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia, Resolved Unanimously that the said Report with the resolutions...of the Convention made and provided in that case. 1 Why did the Congress cooperate in the stratagem to bypass themselves, an arrangement so contrary...
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We the People, Volume 2: Transformations

Bruce Ackerman - 1991 - 530 pages
...Lee's emphasis on the Convention's illegality. On September 28, Congress resolved that "said report... be transmitted to the several legislatures in order...in conformity to the resolves of the Convention." 86 While Congress refrained from passing on the merits of the Constitution, this explicit confirmation...
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Senate Manual Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions ...

United States. Congress. Senate - 2000 - 1220 pages
...1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to h=4ph=4 On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government...
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The Constitution of the United States of America as Amended: Unratified ...

United States, Robert Ney - 2003 - 96 pages
...1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "be transmitted to the several Legislatures in order...in conformity to the resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government...
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Our American Government

2003 - 138 pages
...1787, directed the Constitution so framed, with the resolutions and letter concerning the same, to "Ibe transmitted to the several Legislatures in order to...in conformity to the resolves of the convention." On the 4th of March, 1789, the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Government...
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Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary

J. Kent McGaughy - 2004 - 274 pages
...became even more suspicious and resentful when Congress announced the following resolution: Resolved unanimously, That the said report with the resolutions...order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereot m conformity to the resolves ot the Convention made and...
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A Primary Source History of the Colony of Georgia

Liz Sonneborn - 2005 - 68 pages
...wit:And whereas the United States in Congress assembled did, on the 28th day of September, 1787, resolve, unanimously, "That the said report, with the resolutions...of the Convention made and provided in that case;" — And whereas the legislature of the state of Georgia did, on the 26th day of October, 1787, in pursuance...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

Joseph Story - 2005 - 1408 pages
...several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state Ъу the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves...of the convention, made and provided in that case." 2 § 278. Conventions in the various states, which had been represented in the general convention,...
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Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People, Volume 1: To 1900

David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 pages
...Confederation. After several days of debate, Congress ultimately agreed on September 28 that the Constitution "be transmitted to the several legislatures in Order to be submitted to a convention of Delegates in each state by the people thereof." Since state legislators would more likely to protect their own...
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Turner's Words: Achieving Freedom

A. A. Sorensen - 2005 - 404 pages
...near-unanimous vote. Without taking any position on it, Congress resolved that the Constitution be sent to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof. Each state would have to make the critical decision for...
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