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Notes of Robert Yates on the Debates in the Federal Convention 1787 - Friday, May 25

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See also
James Madison's notes for May 25
Friday, May 25, 1787.

Attended the convention of the States at the state house in Philadelphia, when the following States were represented:

NEW YORK,

Alexander Hamilton,

Robert Yates.

NEW JERSEY,

David Brearly,

William Churchill Houston,

William Patterson.

PENNSVLYANIA,

Robert Morris,

Thomas Fitzsimons,

James Wilson,

Gouverneur Morris.

DELAWARE,

George Read,

Richard Bassett,

Jacob Broom.

VIRGINIA,

George Washington,

Edmund Randolph,

George Wythe,

George Mason,

James Madison,

John Blair,

James M'Clurg.

NORTH CAROLINA,

Alexander Martin,

William Richardson Davie,

Richard Dobbs Spaight,

Hugh Williamson.

SOUTH CAROLINA,

John Rutledge,

Charles Cotesworth Pinkney,

Charles Pinckney,

Pierce Butler.

A motion by R. Morris, and seconded, that General Washington take the chair- unanimously agreed to.

When seated, he (General Washington) declared, that as he never had been in such a situation, he felt himself embarrassed: that he hoped his errors, as they would be unintentional, would be excused.

Mr. Hamilton, in behalf of the State of New York, moved that Major Jackson be appointed secretary; the delegates for Pennsylvania, moved for Temple Franklin: by a majority Mr. Jackson carried it-called in and took his seat,

After which, the respective credentials of the seven States were read. N. B. That of Delaware restrained its delegates from assenting to an abolition of the fifth article of the confederation, by which it is declared that each State shall have one vote.

Door keeper and messengers being appointed, the house adjourned to Monday, the 28th day of May, at ten o'clock.

Source:
Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States.
Government Printing Office, 1927.
House Document No. 398.
Selected, Arranged and Indexed by Charles C. Tansill

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