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[edit] FOEDERAL

The article begins "The Philadelphia Convention (also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or in the newspapers of the time the "Foederal Convention" or merely the "Grand Convention at Philadelphia")..." This clearly needs revision, but I don't know what the papers of the time called it. Jonathunder 01:28, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

The papers of the time refered to it as either the "Grand Convention" (or the "Grand Convention at Philidelphia") or the "Foederal Convention." In the book that is understood to be the possibly the best account on the events of the Convention "Miracle at Philadelphia" by Catherine Drinker Bowen says on the last paragraph on page 4:

"[...] Neither to the delegates nor the country at large was this meeting known as a constitutional Convention. How could it be? The title came later. The notion of a new 'constitution' would have scared away two-thirds of the members. Newspapers announce a Grand Convention at Philadelphia, or spike of the "Foederal Convention," always with the nice inclusion of the classical diphthong. [...]" -Demosthenes- 20:51, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Why do people keep changing "Foederal" to "Federal"? It was quite the common term in the 1700's. http://www.constitution.org/jadams/ja1_53.htm http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch6s13.html http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch8s30.html

Each person who vandalizes the page like this should get a warning, merely a subst:test, or we might have to lock the page down.

This is just an archaic spelling/typeface for "Federal". It isn't a separate word. Putting it in the opening is just confusing to the reader. --JW1805 (Talk) 02:42, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

It's a part of history. -Demosthenes- 23:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)