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April 21, 1787
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Pennsylvania General Assembly passes supplementary bill appointing Benjamin Franklin as additional deputy to the federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in May, granting him equal powers to other deputies.
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PHILADELPHIA, March 27.
The General Assembly, desirous that his Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, should sit in the Convention intended to be held in this city in May, for the purpose of revising the federal constitution, have passed a supplementary bill, enacting, That his Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. be, and he is hereby appointed and authorized to sit in the said Convention as a deputy from this state - in addition to the petition heretofore appointed, and that he be and hereby is invested with like powers and authorities as are invested in the said deputies, or any of them.
The General Assembly, desirous that his Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, should sit in the Convention intended to be held in this city in May, for the purpose of revising the federal constitution, have passed a supplementary bill, enacting, That his Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esq. be, and he is hereby appointed and authorized to sit in the said Convention as a deputy from this state - in addition to the petition heretofore appointed, and that he be and hereby is invested with like powers and authorities as are invested in the said deputies, or any of them.
What sub-type of article is it?
Appointment
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Benjamin Franklin
Constitutional Convention
Pennsylvania Assembly
Deputy Appointment
What entities or persons were involved?
Benjamin Franklin
Where did it happen?
Philadelphia
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Philadelphia
Event Date
March 27
Key Persons
Benjamin Franklin
Event Details
The General Assembly passed a supplementary bill appointing Benjamin Franklin as a deputy to the Convention for revising the federal constitution, in addition to previously appointed deputies, investing him with equal powers.