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The Daily Advertiser ; Political, Historical, And Commercial
New York, New York County, New York
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On September 28, 1787, the United States Congress, with representatives from 11 states and Mr. Ross from Maryland, unanimously resolved to transmit the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention's report to state legislatures for submission to conventions of the people.
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Friday, Sept. 28, 1787.
Present, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, and from Maryland Mr. Ross.
Congress having received the report of the Convention lately assembled in Philadelphia,
Resolved unanimously, that the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several Legislatures, in order to be submitted to a Convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the Convention made and provided in that case.
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United States
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Friday, Sept. 28, 1787
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unanimous resolution passed to transmit the report to state legislatures for popular conventions.
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Congress, with representatives from New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, Georgia, and Mr. Ross from Maryland present, received the report from the Philadelphia Convention and resolved to send it to the legislatures for submission to state conventions.