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The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Principally authored by William Paterson of New Jersey, the
William Paterson, principal author of the New Jersey Plan
William Paterson (judge)
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William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jer
New Jersey Plan
…Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Principally authored by William Paterson of New Jersey, the New Jersey Plan was an important alternative to the Virginia Plan proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph of Virginia. The…
Paterson's eldest daughter, Cornelia Bell Paterson Van Rensselaer (1780–1844), painted by Nathaniel Rogers, 1825
Paterson's granddaughter, Euphemia White Van Rensselaer (1816–1888), painted by George P. A. Healy, 1842
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