Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
Committee consisting of a deputy from each state, charged with finding a suitable method of representation in the lower house of the legislature.
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Report of the Third Committee on Representation created.
The grand Committee to whom was referred the first paragraph of the report of a Committee consisting of Mr G. Morris, Mr Gorham, Mr Randolph, Mr Rutledge, and Mr King, were prepared to report
That in the original forma[+e675643]first mee[-e675643]tio[+e675643]ng[-e675643] of the Legislature of the United States,[+e675643] the first B[+e675643]b[-e675643]ranch thereof shall [+e675643]consist of sixty five m[+e675643]fifty six M[-e675643]embers, of which number
New Hampshire shall send[+e675643]have[-e675643] ..... Three[+e675643]wo[-e675643].
MassachusettsEight[+e675644] ....[-e675644]...................... Seven
Rhode Island ............................. One.[+e675643]
Connecticut ............................... Five[+e675643]our[-e675643]
New [+e675643]-[-e675643]York ................................... Six[+e675643]Five[-e675643]
New-Jersey ............................... Four.[+e675643]Three[-e675643]
Pennsylvania ............................. Eight
Delaware ................................... One
Maryland .................................... Six[+e675643]Four[-e675643]
Virginia ....................................... Ten[+e675643]Nine[-e675643]
North Carolina .......................... Five
South Carolina .......................... Five
Georgia ...................................... Three[+e675643]wo[-e675643].