Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.
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Report of the Rules Committee accepted. Additional rules proposed.
Additional Instructions to the Rules Committee
The House provide against interruption of business by absence of members, and against licentious publication of their proceedings
The house, may not be precluded, by a vote upon any question, from revising the subject matter of it, when they see cause, nor, on the other hand, be led too hastily to rescind a decision, which was the result of mature discussion.