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Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Vol. 4
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Wednesday, May 21, 1788
Gen. SUMPTER, agreeably to notice given yesterday, (Tuesday, 20th,) moved for an adjournment of the Convention to the (20th October) twentieth day of October next, in order to give time for the further consideration of the Federal Constitution. After considerable debate, it was rejected by a majority of (46) forty-six—yeas, eighty-nine, (89;) nays, one hundred and thirty-five (135).
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Chicago: Elliot, Jonathan, ed., "Wednesday, May 21, 1788," Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Vol. 4 in The Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lipincott Company, 1901), Original Sources, accessed January 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8E2C9F513G5HM2E.
MLA: . "Wednesday, May 21, 1788." Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Vol. 4, edited by Elliot, Jonathan, in The Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787, Vol. 4, Philadelphia, J. B. Lipincott Company, 1901, Original Sources. 18 Jan. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8E2C9F513G5HM2E.
Harvard: (ed.), 'Wednesday, May 21, 1788' in Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, Vol. 4. cited in 1901, The Debates in the Several State Conventions, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787, J. B. Lipincott Company, Philadelphia. Original Sources, retrieved 18 January 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8E2C9F513G5HM2E.
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