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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Second Committee on Representation reported. Its First Proposition sent to a committee.
[Report of the Second Committee on Representation as Amended by the Convention] [+e672744]
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1. That in the [+e672744]original forma[+e672780]first mee[+e672744 -e672780]ti[+e672744]o[+e672780]n[+e672744]g[+e672744 -e672780] of the Legislature of the United States[+e672744],[+e672780] the first [+e672744]B[+e672780]b[+e672744 -e672780]ranch thereof [+e672744]shall [+e672780]consist of [+e672744]sixty five m[+e672780]fifty six M[+e672744 -e672780]embers, of which number [+e672744]
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New Hampshire shall [+e672744]send[+e672780]have[+e672744 -e672780] ..... T[+e672744]hree[+e672780]wo[+e672744 -e672780]. [+e672744]
Massachusetts .......................... [+e672744]Eight[+e672780]Seven[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Rhode Island ............................. One[+e672744].[+e672780] [+e672744]
Connecticut ............................... F[+e672744]ive[+e672780]our[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
New[+e672744] [+e672780]-[+e672744 -e672780]York ................................... [+e672744]Six[+e672780]Five[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
New-Jersey ............................... [+e672744]Four.[+e672780]Three[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Pennsylvania ............................. Eight [+e672744]
Delaware ................................... One [+e672744]
Maryland .................................... [+e672744]Six[+e672780]Four[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
Virginia ....................................... [+e672744]Ten[+e672780]Nine[+e672744 -e672780] [+e672744]
North Carolina .......................... Five [+e672744]
South Carolina .......................... Five [+e672744]
Georgia ...................................... T[+e672744]hree[+e672780]wo[+e672744 -e672780].[+e672744]