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Excerpt from Papers of William Paterson on the Federal Convention, 1787
Virginia and the New Jersey plans, and they certainly throw light on the character of Paterson's arguments.
The notes were not made in accordance with any definite system as were those of Madison. They are not so coherent and well arranged as even those of Yates, King, or Pierce. In a few cases Paterson, following the speakers, made brief abstracts of their speeches in order to emphasize the thoughts that he considered most important. Other notes were prepared merely as memoranda for a reply to an opponent. In some cases there appear in the same memorandum to be references to speeches made on different days for example, the papers that seem to be notes for Paterson's speech of June 9 likewise include, apparently, mention of what Butler said on June 11. It is not impossible, therefore, that Paterson sketched out these thoughts for his speech, and, after he had spoken, inserted any remarks that had been made in opposition in order that he might make cogent reply. If this is not the case, and the explana tion does not seem very satisfactory, then he simply jotted down thoughts for a speech, and for the purpose of argument inserted the statements of others as he remembered them. He worked over his argument at various times, and thrust into his outline the words of others on which he intended to comment.
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