The Dickinson Committee reports to the Second Continental Congress its draft proposal for 20 Articles of Confederation.
Postscript: Congress would eventually reduce this number to 13.
[restored 7/23/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1030.
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