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  4. Wednesday, 06 June 1787, at 11:00

U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

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

Committee of the Whole House

Committee consisting of all delegates to the Convention.

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Session 6294: 1787-06-06 11:00:00

Resolution 4. Republicanism debated, proposal that state legislatures elect first branch of Legislature rejected.

Membership (at session start):

Richard Basset, Gunning Bedford, John Blair, David Brearley, Jacob Broom, Pierce Butler, George Clymer, William Richardson Davie, John Dickinson, Oliver Ellsworth, William Few, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Alexander Hamilton, William Churchill Houston, William Houstoun, Jared Ingersol, Daniel of St Thomas Jenifer, William Samuel Johnson, Rufus King, John Lansing, William Livingston, James Madison, Alexander Martin, George Mason, James McClurg, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, William Paterson, William Pierce, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, George Read, John Rutledge, Roger Sherman, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Caleb Strong, George Washington, Hugh Williamson, James Wilson, Robert Yates (44 total)

Representing 11 delegations:

Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Georgia Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, New York Delegation, North Carolina Delegation, Pennsylvania Delegation, South Carolina Delegation, Virginia Delegation

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Madison's Notes for 6 June - (link)

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Madison's notes for 6 June - (link)

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Madison's notes for 6 June - (link)

Link to the Library of Congress Collection

The 1819 Journal manuscript pages for 6 June - (link)

Link to the Archive.org copy of the 1819 Journal manuscript.

The Journal record for 6 June - (link)

Link to the Archive.org 1819 publication of the Journal.

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