After a delay of 11 days, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States)" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constitutional Convention (United States)">United States Constitutional Convention</a> formally convenes in Philadelphia after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quorum">quorum</a> of seven states is secured.<sup about="#mwt45" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_25#cite_note-7" id="mwZg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZw">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt42" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBerkin2003">Berkin, Carol (2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" id="mwB1Q" title="Free registration required"><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/brilliantsolutio00berk" id="mwB1U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB1Y">A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution</i></a></span>. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt. pp.<span id="mwB1c" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/brilliantsolutio00berk/page/32" id="mwB1g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">32</a>, 43. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwB1k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwB1o" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780151009480" id="mwB1s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780151009480"><bdi id="mwB1w">9780151009480</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt42" class="Z3988" id="mwB10" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+Brilliant+Solution%3A+Inventing+the+American+Constitution&amp;rft.place=Orlando%2C+Fla.&amp;rft.pages=32%2C+43&amp;rft.pub=Harcourt&amp;rft.date=2003&amp;rft.isbn=9780151009480&amp;rft.aulast=Berkin&amp;rft.aufirst=Carol&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbrilliantsolutio00berk&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+25"></span></span>