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Debates in the Connecticut Ratifying Convention, 1788

3 days, 1788. The fragment of the Connecticut convention's debates at Hartford, January 4–9, 1788, that Elliot collected from the newspapers.

3 days42 paragraphs7k words

  1. January 4, 1788

    9 min

  2. January 7, 1788

    14 min

  3. January 9, 1788

    9 min

Text of Jonathan Elliot, ed., The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 2 (2nd ed., Washington, 1836), as the Library of Congress typed it, checked against a scan. How this text was made

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