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Debates in the North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 1788

12 days, July–August 1788. The first North Carolina convention at Hillsborough, July 21 to August 2, 1788, which neither ratified nor rejected the Constitution.

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  1. July 21, 1788

    1 min

  2. July 22, 1788

    3 min

  3. July 23, 1788

    9 min

  4. July 24, 1788

    53 min

  5. July 25, 1788

    62 min

  6. July 26, 1788

    61 min

  7. July 28, 1788

    84 min

  8. July 29, 1788

    72 min

  9. July 30, 1788

    58 min

  10. July 31, 1788

    32 min

  11. August 1, 1788

    22 min

  12. August 2, 1788

    2 min

Text of Jonathan Elliot, ed., The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 4 (2nd ed., Washington, 1836), as the Library of Congress typed it, checked against a scan. How this text was made

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