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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
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Session 6203: 1787-06-01 10:00:00
Several delegates arrived. The Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole House. Washington cautioned delegates on secrecy.
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Credential of William Houstoun
The State of Georgia by the grace of God, free, Sovereign and Independent.
To the Honorable William Houstoun Esquire
Whereas you the said William Houstoun, are in and by an Ordinance of the General Assembly of our said State nominated and appointed a Deputy to represent the same in a Convention of the United States to be assembled at Philadelphia, for the purposes of devising and discussing all such Alterations and farther Provisions as may be necessary to render the Fœderal Constitution adequate to the Exigencies of the Union.
You are therefore hereby Commissioned to proceed on the Duties required of you in virtue of the said Ordinance.
Witness our trusty and well-beloved George Mathews Esquire, our Captain-General, Governor and Commander in Chief, under his hand and our Great Seal at Augusta, this seventeenth day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, and of our Sovereignty and Independence the Eleventh.
Geo: Mathews
By his Honor’s Command
J. Milton Secy
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