Note 92 — Chapter III · THE MOVEMENT FOR THE CONSTITUTION

James Monroe to James Madison. New York, September 3, 1786. “I consider the convention of Annapolis as a most important æra in our affairs—the eastern men be assur’d mean it as leading further than the object originally comprehended. If they do not obtain that things shall be arranged to suit them in every respect, their intrigues will extend to the objects I have suggested above—Pennsylvania is their object—upon succeeding or failing with her they will gain or lose confidence—I doubt not the emissaries of foreign countries will be on the ground.” Documentary History of the Constitution, Vol. IV, p. 25.