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Debates in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788

23 days, 1788. The Virginia convention at Richmond, June 2–27, 1788, with the ratification, the amendments recommended and the votes.

23 days2,046 paragraphs274k words
  1. June 2, 1788

    2 min
  2. June 3, 1788

    4 min
  3. June 4, 1788

    55 min
  4. June 5, 1788

    54 min
  5. June 6, 1788

    69 min
  6. June 7, 1788

    82 min
  7. June 9, 1788

    80 min
  8. June 10, 1788

    96 min
  9. June 11, 1788

    63 min
  10. June 12, 1788

    88 min
  11. June 13, 1788

    58 min
  12. June 14, 1788

    80 min
  13. June 16, 1788

    75 min
  14. June 17, 1788

    64 min
  15. June 18, 1788

    30 min
  16. June 19, 1788

    47 min
  17. June 20, 1788

    58 min
  18. June 21, 1788

    26 min
  19. June 23, 1788

    18 min
  20. June 24, 1788

    72 min
  21. June 25, 1788

    53 min
  22. June 26, 1788

    1 min
  23. June 27, 1788

    14 min

Text of Jonathan Elliot, ed., The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. 3 (2nd ed., Washington, 1836), as the Library of Congress typed it, checked against a scan. How this text was made

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