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title:“Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price”
authors:Benjamin Franklin
date written:1787-5-18
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Franklin, Benjamin. "Letter to Richard Price." The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Vol. 3. Ed. Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. Print.

Benjamin Franklin to Richard Price (May 18, 1787)

Philada., May 18, 1787.
We have now meeting here a Convention of the principal people in the several States, for the purpose of revising the federal Constitution, and proposing such amendments as shall be thoroughly necessary. It is a most important business, and I hope will be attended with success.

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