...next, a convention of dele' gates, 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 to Con' gress, and the several legislatures, such alterations and pro'visions therein as shall render...

...1787, adopted the following resolution, 1. Elliott, 120 : " Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that, on the second Monday in May...reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,...

...establishing in these States a firm national government,— " Resolved, That, in the opinion of Congress, it is expedient that, on the second Monday in May...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States,...

...Congress, though unwillingly, to agree to the plan. On the N 21st of February, 1787, it was resolved, "That, on the second Monday in May next, a Convention...reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,...

...several States, to be held in Philadelphia on the second Monday in May 1787, "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States...

...thai article XIII made no provision for a constitutional convention. tion "for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States,...

...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 i 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,...

...21, 1787 : " 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...