...group of men immediately interested through their personal possessions in the outcome of their labors "The members of the Philadelphia convention which...establishment of the new system "The Constitution was not created by 'the whole people' as the jurists have said; neither was it created by 'the States'...

...interest-groups, composed of men who had a personal and financial stake in its outcome. He concludes as follows: "The members of the Philadelphia Convention which...advantages from, the establishment of the new system.'' 20 Once the Constitution, adopted and the new system set in motion, party lines begws-toappear, the...

...group of men immediately interested through their personal possession in the outcome of their labor. The members of the Philadelphia Convention which drafted the Constitution were, with few exceptions, immediately and directly and personally interested in, and derived economic advantages...

...the outcome of their deliberations, elaborated and extended Smith's argument. Beard concluded that "the members of the Philadelphia Convention which...advantages from, the establishment of the new system" (Beard, 1913, p. 324). Finally, like Smith, Beard thought that there were broad economic and social...

...single work of Progressive historiography, which shocked many Americans by contending that the men at the Philadelphia Convention which drafted the Constitution...and personally interested in, and derived economic advantage from, the establishment of the new system."87 Though Beard professed respect for the framers'...

...at the outset from participation (through representatives) in the work of framing the Constitution. The members of the Philadelphia Convention which drafted...and personally interested in. and derived economic advantage from, the establishment of the new system. The Constitution was essentially an economic document...

...members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He concluded that most members of the Convention were "immediately, directly, and personally interested...advantages from, the establishment of the new system." Beard left his readers with the strong impression that a narrow-minded, arrogant, and wealthy ruling...

...under the Articles of Confederation: money, public securities, manufactures, and trade and shipping." "The members of the Philadelphia Convention which...Constitution were, with a few exceptions, immediately, * An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United Statet, 1925. directly, and personally...