Delegates at the 1787 Federal Convention struggle to decide whether the new government will represent the states, or the people.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: Bowen, Catherine Drinker: Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, Little, Brown & Co. 1966 (borrow at archive.org).

Online Recommendation of the Week: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, (Farrand, editor.).

Vol. 1: https://archive.org/details/recordsoffederal01unit

Vol 2: https://archive.org/details/recordsoffederal02unit

Vol 3: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.58320

Or Online Liberty Library edition: https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/farrand-the-records-of-the-federal-convention-of-1787-3vols

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