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The Constitutional Convention ended on September 17, 1787. As the Convention was reaching its close, Benjamin Franklin rose with a speech in his hand. Franklin was the oldest Convention delegate and one of America’s most beloved leaders. Franklin handed his speech to his friend and fellow Pennsylvania delegate, James Wilson, who read it aloud ...
Constitution: For when you assemble a Number of Men to have the Advantage of their joint Wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those Men all their Prejudices, their Passions, their Errors of
Benjamin Franklin's final speech in the Constitutional Convention, 17 September 1787 ... Integral with Entry 1 (p. 5 of 7-p. text); for variant text of speech, see ...
Thus, I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die.
Monday, September 17, 1787: The Convention Today. The day began with a prepared speech from Franklin (PA) who, eighty-one years old and painfully afflicted with gout and kidney stone, was unable to read it himself and delegated that task to Wilson (PA). While the speech was formally addressed to Washington (VA), the Convention’s president ...
Monday, September 17, 1787, was the last day of the Constitutional Convention. Pennsylvania delegate Benjamin Franklin, one of the few Americans of the time with international repute, wanted to ...
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Yes. No. An official form of the United States government. Provided by Touchpoints. On June 28, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention debated Martin's proposal for one vote per state in the lower house. Amidst the dissension, Franklin put forth a motion for prayer.
