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TRENTON
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1987
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Chis lalle
ESS AMERICA
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NEW JERSEY
First Day of Issue: September 11, 1987
First Issue Location: Trenton, New Jersey
The first state to elect delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention of 1787, New Jersey's representatives as-
sumed the leadership of the small states' fight for fair
representation. David Brearley came to the Convention
with a view of being as useful as he could to the small
states' cause, and in giving energy and stability to a new
federal government. Johnathan Dayton proved to be a
vigorous defender of small states' rights. William
Livingston was the governor of New Jersey, and at age
sixty-three the delegation's elder statesman. He chal-
lenged his fellow small state delegates to create their
own federal plan of government in response to the large
states' Virginia Plan. William Paterson devised the New
Jersey Plan which sought to maintain the equal represen-
tation system of the Congress of the Confederation. Al-
though it raised serious objections, the Plan became a
model for later compromises. When the time came to
sign the Constitution on September 17, 1787, these four
men heartily endorsed the new document.
No. 87-88
a* 1621-2841 UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION
We the
People
*RICENTENNIAL
*1661-2861
©1987 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle.
An Official Maximum Card of
The Commission on the Bicentennial
of the United States Constitution
