Its participants met at George Mann's Tavern and resided there for its duration. It was preceded by a small meeting two years earlier at the same location, which concerned a navigational dispute, and by the signing of the Mount Vernon Compact one yea
Its participants met at George Mann's Tavern and resided there for its duration. It was preceded by a small meeting two years earlier at the same location, which concerned a navigational dispute, and by the signing of the Mount Vernon Compact one year earlier. Some colorful participants included Saint George Tucker and Tench Coxe, the lone representative from Pennsylvania, but it was Abraham Clark of New Jersey who suggested the key resolution for a subsequent meeting. Called by the Virginia legislature driven by Madison and involving delegates from five states, FTP, name this September 1786 convention which led directly to the Constitutional Convention, named for the capital of Maryland.
Its participants met at George Mann's Tavern and resided there for its duration.
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