The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787/Volume 3/Appendix A/CLXXXVI

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The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume 3, Appendix A
by Max Farrand

CLXXXVI. Washington to La Fayette, February 7, 1788

CLXXXVII. Franklin to Le Veillard, February 17

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179968The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume 3, Appendix A — CLXXXVI. Washington to La Fayette, February 7, 1788Max Farrand

ⅭⅬⅩⅩⅩⅥ. George Washington to La Fayette.^[1]

Mount Vernon February 7th. 1788

It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States (which States you know are also different from each other in their manners, circumstances and prejudices) should unite in forming a system of national Government, so little liable to well founded objections.

…Had I but slightly suspected (at the time when the late Convention was in session) that another Convention would not be likely to agree upon a better form of Government, I should now be confirmed in the fixed belief that they would not be able to agree upon any system whatever.

↑ Documentary History of the Constitution, Ⅳ, 484–486.

[1] Documentary History of the Constitution, Ⅳ, 484–486.

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