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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Article I: Sections 3 to 10. Powers and restrictions of Congress debated. Limitations to State power debated.
[Constitution Reported from the Committee of Style and Arrangement as Amended by the Convention]
WE, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.