The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 / Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War / which Established the Independence of his Country and First / President of the United States

by John Marshall

[30] Edmund Randolph, James Madison, Walter Jones, St. George Tucker, and Meriwether Smith.

[31] Mr. Jay.

[32] New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

[33] Mr. Madison.

[34] Mr. Randolph.

[35] General Knox.

[36] This sentiment was far from being avowed by any correspondent of General Washington, but is stated in the private letters to him, to have been taken up by some.

[37] In a subsequent part of the same letter, this gentleman draws the outlines of a constitution such as he would wish. It is essentially the same with that which was recommended by the convention.

[38] This valuable officer died in Georgia in the year 1786.

[39] Colonel Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay.