The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September 1787. Volume 2

by United States. Constitutional Convention; James Madison

Mass. ay. C^t no. P^a ay. Del. no. M^d no. V^a ay. N. C. no. S. C. no. Geo. no.

On question for agreeing to the clause as it stands by which the Judges are to be appointed by the 2^d branch

Mass. no. C^t ay. P^a no. Del. ay. M^d ay. V^a no. N. C. ay. S. C. ay. Geo. ay.

Adjourned.

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Monday July 23. in Convention

M^r John Langdon & M^r Nicholas Gilman [5] from N. Hampshire, [6] took their seats.

[ [5] M^r Gilman is modest, genteel, and sensible. There is nothing brilliant or striking in his character, but there is something respectable and worthy in the man.–About 30 years of age."–Pierce's Notes, Am. Hist. Rev., iii., 325.

He did not speak in the convention.

[ [6] The act appointing deputies to the convention was not passed by the New Hampshire Legislature till June 27, 1787.—Journal of Federal Convention, 17.