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September 10, 1782

Madison’s motion, with Rutledge’s substitute and the roll call

Madison’s motion in his own hand, with Charles Thomson’s corrections and the marginal “passed”; John Rutledge’s substitute for the third paragraph; and the roll call, nine states to two, Maryland and New Jersey voting no.

Where it is kept
National Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress (RG 360, M247), Item 36, vol. 1, pp. 377, 379, 380. NAID 475659290.
Read it
p. 377, Rutledge’s substitute
p. 379, the motion
p. 380, the roll call