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  1. Overview: U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
  2. Full Record: U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
  3. Committee:Committee of Detail
  4. Session: 1787-07-27 11:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.

Committee of Detail

Committee charged with creating a Constitution based on the resolutions agreed by the Convention.

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Session 6308: 1787-07-27 11:00:00

Wilson's initial constitutional framework drawn up.

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Document V: Wilson's Constitutional Framework

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We The People of the States of New-Hampshire &C, already confederated united and known by the Stile of the “United States of America” do, ordain declare and establish the following Frame of Govt as the Constitution of the said United States

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The legislative Power of the United States shall be vested in two in two separate and distinct Bodies of Men, the one to be called the House of Representatives, the other the Senate of the United States; each of which Bodies shall have a Negative on the other

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The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen biennially by the People of the United States in the following Manner.

Every Freeman of the Age of twenty one Years having a freehold Estate within the United States resided in the United States for the Space of one whole Year immediately preceding the Day of Election, and has a Freehold Estate in at least fifty Acres of Land

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