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Debates in the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, 1787

14 days, 1787–1788. The Pennsylvania convention at Philadelphia, November 20 to December 11, 1787: the minutes and the speeches of James Wilson and Thomas M'Kean, then the meeting at Harrisburg of September 3, 1788.

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  1. November 20, 1787

    1 min

  2. November 21, 1787

    1 min

  3. November 22, 1787

    1 min

  4. November 23, 1787

    2 min

  5. November 24, 1787

    1 min

  6. November 26, 1787

    28 min

  7. November 28, 1787

    13 min

  8. November 30, 1787

    2 min

  9. December 1, 1787

    15 min

  10. December 3, 1787

    4 min

  11. December 4, 1787

    61 min

  12. December 7, 1787

    14 min

  13. December 11, 1787

    85 min

  14. September 3, 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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