 | Thomas Wilson - 1821 - 382 страници
...was read out of the society of quakers. He was a member of the first Congress in 1774; in 1787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States ; in 1788, he succeeded Franklin as President of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania ; he presided... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1823 - 308 страници
...states, relative to the formation of a system of commercial regulations for the union. In 1 787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. Immediately after the adoption of the constitution, he was elected a member of the senate of... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 382 страници
...the preservation of such an army, as was then under the command of general Washington. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his name is affixed to that instrument. In October, 1788, he succeeded Franklin as president... | |
 | Amos Blanchard (of Cincinnati.), Amos Blanchard - 1825 - 464 страници
...preservation of euch an army, аз was then under И* the command of General Washing ton. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his name is affixed to that instrument. In October, 1788 he succecded Franklin as president... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin French - 1825 - 378 страници
...one of the judges of the court of appeals, in admiralty cases, for the state of Delaware. In 1787r he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. Mr. Read continued in the senate of the United States till September^ 1793, when he was appointed... | |
 | John Lemprière, Eleazar Lord - 1825 - 804 страници
...station until appointed minister to Russia, where he remained till the close of the war. He was elected a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States in 1787, but was prevented (Vom being present during the discussions of that body. To the constitution... | |
 | 1826 - 388 страници
...was read out of the society of quakers. He was a member of the first Congress in 1774; in 1787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States ; in 178S, lie, succeeded Franklin as President of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania; he presided... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1832 - 548 страници
...17S7 was a member of the convcnliun which framed the constitution of the United States. In 1792 lie was appointed minister plenipotentiary to France,...elected a senator in Congress, from the state of New York, and in this body was very conspicuous for liis political information and his brilliant eloquence.... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1832 - 548 страници
...Morris, as to the négociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington." He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States in 1787, and afterwards a senator in congress. In his old agfi he I wt his ample f »rtune, by unfortunate... | |
 | Joseph Ehrenfried - 1834 - 238 страници
...organization of the continental army. For this oflence he was read out of the society of Quakers. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his signature is affixed to that instrument. In September 1790, a constitution for Pennsylvania... | |
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Morris ; and in 1787, was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. In... 
