The 1904 Rolls-Royce 10 hp Two-Seater is currently listed on the Guinness World Records as the most expensive veteran car to be sold, at the price of US$7,254,290 (equivalent to $8,379,000 in 2016), on a Bonhams auction held at Olympia in London on December 3, 2007.
Rhode Island boycotted the Constitutional Convention. Americaâs littlest state had a big independence streak. Rhode Island, distrustful of a powerful federal government, was the only one of the 13 original states to refuse to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
4. Attendance was, shall we say, spotty. When the Constitutional Convention opened on May 14, 1787, only delegates from Pennsylvania and Virginia were present. It wasnât until May 25 that a quorum of seven states was achieved. Weatherâever the convenient excuseâwas blamed for the tardiness, but the convention was plagued throughout with attendance issues.