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Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast · Oct 21, 2022 · 29m

Producers Note: The air quality in the Puget Sound Region today is the worst in the world. Dave's voice is raw, he has a massive headache and his eyes are burning. So please excuse the smokers voice sound of things today...

In mid-October of 1787, James Wilson, the man who invented the Presidency, gave a speech encouraging the voters of Pennsylvania to approve the proposed Constitution. While not as much of a hot-bed of anti-Federalism as New York, Pennsylvania nonetheless had its share of men who opposed it on several grounds.

A few days after the speech, a letter appeared in the Freeman's…