[Massachusetts]:

$4,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

DEBATES, RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS, OF THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONVENED AT BOSTON, ON THE 9th OF JANUARY 1788, AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE 7th OF FEBRUARY FOLLOWING, ... "These DEBATES were recorded by printers representing the MASSACHUSETTS CENTINEL and INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE in Boston and were reprinted from them. A later edition (1856) included the official journal and notes on the debates kept by Theophilus Parsons, a delegate to the state convention and later chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court."The ratification process in Massachusetts was viewed with anxiety by supporters of the Constitution throughout the nation. Massachusetts was a key state, and it was thought that actions there might determine the ultimate fate of the Constitution. The struggle was hard, bitter, and characterized by wild rumor and allegations of corrupt behavior....The Federalist strategy was to ratify the Constitution first and then consider amendments to it....On February 6 the Constitution was endorsed by the narrow vote of 187 to 168. Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify....Massachusetts was the first state to propose amendments along with ratification, setting a pattern for the states that followed. All except Maryland and Rhode Island were to ratify and simultaneously propose amendments" - LIBERTY'S LEGACY. The debates of other states were also extensively published. That of Virginia, where many of the leaders of the Revolution were deleg

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