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title:“Mr. Smith in the New York Convention”
authors:Anonymous
date written:1788-7-4
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"Mr. Smith in the New York Convention." The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Vol. 3. Ed. Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. Print.

Mr. Smith in the New York Convention (July 4, 1788)

4 July 1788
Mr. Smith
"Resolved as the Opinion of this Committee that the President of the United States shall hold his Office during the Term of seven Years & that he shall not be eligible a second Time."
This he says was at one Time a Resolution of the grand Convention — — (& I suppose we must adhere to that Idea which upon more mature Consideration appeared to them improper.)

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