Uncertain Departure of Alexander Martin
Commentary
Alexander is recorded in Farrand's Appendix B as simply having departed 'in the latter part of August', which leaves uncertainty as to the date on which he actually left the Convention.
As all other departures have been recorded, it was felt this one could not be left out; consistency has been placed over certainty to ensure his departure is at least recorded. The Editors have therefore taken the decision to record his absence on August 31st, as this is the day we can be certain he had departed by.
Associated event
None has joined the committee
on 31 August 1787
Uncertain Departure of Alexander Martin
Research Assistants' Commentary (1787 Constitutional Convention)
Cite as: Kat Howarth, ‘Uncertain Departure of Alexander Martin ’ in Research Assistants' Commentary (1787 Constitutional Convention), Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2016), item 56.