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Subject Area: Political Theory
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Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

CCLXI.: Abraham Baldwin in the House of Representatives. 1 - Max Farrand, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. 3 [1911]

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The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911). Vol. 3.

Part of: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 3 vols.

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CCLXI.

Abraham Baldwin in the House of Representatives.1

It had not been found practicable to ground representation in the Federal Constitution upon any other principle than that of numbers; but extent of territory is unquestionably one of the natural principles on which it rests, and should if possible be regarded.

[1 ]Annals of Congress, Second Congress, 173.