1779. CONVENTION (Federal), Call for.—[continued].
All the States have come
into the Virginia proposition for a commercial
convention, the deputies of which are
to agree on the form of an article giving to
Congress the regulation of their commerce.
Maryland alone has not named deputies, con
ceiving that Congress might as well propose
the article. They are, however, for giving
the power, and will, therefore, either nominate
deputies to the convention, or accede to
their measures.—
To M. de Lafayette. Washington ed. ii, 21.
(P.
1786)
