But, unfortunately, for this bold assertion, Mr. Curtis himself tells us, on the very next page of his work, that “on the same day on which the committee for preparing the Declaration of Independence was appointed, another committee, consisting of a member from each colony, was directed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these colonies,” that is, after they should become free and independent States. “This committee, he continues, “reported a draft of Articles of Confederation on the 12th of July, &c.”
