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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 13: The Connecticut Delegates

The Founders and the Constitution, Part 13: The Connecticut Delegates
1787: Gen. George Washington (1732–99) presides over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, May 25–Sept. 17, 1787. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
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The other essays in the “Founders and the Constitution” series each covered one individual. This final essay covers three: the extraordinary group who served as Connecticut’s commissioners (delegates) to the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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