The magazine of American history with notes and queries . NICHOLAS GILMAN. * New Hampshire delegates: John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman. \ The Massachusetts delegates : Caleb Strong, Elbridge Gerry, Rufus King, Nathaniel Gor- ham. THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION 335 marked contrast, as far as concerns personal appearance, was ElbridgeGerry, aged forty-three, one year the senior of Caleb Strong, who wassmall and slight of stature, and of extreme urbanity of manner. He, too,was a graduate of Harvard, was a master in questions of commerce andfinance, and had seen much service in the councils of state
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . NICHOLAS GILMAN. * New Hampshire delegates: John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman. \ The Massachusetts delegates : Caleb Strong, Elbridge Gerry, Rufus King, Nathaniel Gor- ham. THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION 335 marked contrast, as far as concerns personal appearance, was ElbridgeGerry, aged forty-three, one year the senior of Caleb Strong, who wassmall and slight of stature, and of extreme urbanity of manner. He, too,was a graduate of Harvard, was a master in questions of commerce andfinance, and had seen much service in the councils of state. He was in. CALEB STRONG. Congress from 1776 to 1785, and signed the Declaration of was subsequently in the Federal Congress some four years, was sent on3. mission to France, served as governor of Massachusetts and Vice-Presi-dent of the United States.* Nathaniel Gorham was a merchant of Bos-ton, and familiar through his own experience with commercial affairs in all * This Magazine published in November, 1884 [XII. 389], a portrait of Elbridge Gerry. oy THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION countries. He had been a member of the Old Congress, of which he in 1786. In the Convention he served on some of the most im-portant committees, and his opinions were held in great respect. He wasthe oldest of the Massachusetts delegates, having reached his fiftieth King was the youngest, being only thirty-three. He was already alegal luminary, and his vigorous oratory and rare combination of personaland intellectual endowments made him a notable figure in the Convention.*His
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