Delaware Supplemental Documents Ratification of the Constitution by the States
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The supplemental documents are intended to provide a fuller documentation and understanding of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution in Delaware than was possible in the printed volume of the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (Wisconsin Historical Society Press/Center for the Study of the American Constitution). This supplement contains official documents, letters, and newspaper items. Except for some photographic reproductions (facsimiles), the documents consist mostly of literal transcripts. The documents are arranged chronologically except for those on particular subjects which are grouped together. These groupings are: -- New Castle County Petitions to the General Assembly, October 1787 -- Votes Cast, Sussex County Election, 15 October 1787 -- Sussex County Indentures of Election, 15 October 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions Protesting the 15 October 1787 Elections -- The Delaware General Assembly, 24 October-10 November 1787 -- Newspaper Reports of House of Assembly Proceedings on 27 October-November 1787 -- Votes Cast, Sussex County Election, 26 November 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions to the General Assembly Protesting the Election of 26 November 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions to the Delaware Convention, 28 November 1787 -- The Delaware General Assembly, 10 January-2 February 1788 This Supplement contains 51 facsimiles totaling 252 individual pages. These facsimiles provide a visual representation of original documents, some of which were difficult or impossible to transcribe.
Delaware Supplemental Documents Ratification of the Constitution by the States John P. Kaminski and Charles H. Schoenleber and Sarah K. Danforth and Margaret R. Flamingo and Thomas H. Linley and Timothy D. Moore and Anna M. Biermeier and David P. Fields and Jonathan M. Reid and Richard Leffler and Gaspare J. Saladino and Joan Westgate
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The supplemental documents are intended to provide a fuller documentation and understanding of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution in Delaware than was possible in the printed volume of the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (Wisconsin Historical Society Press/Center for the Study of the American Constitution). This supplement contains official documents, letters, and newspaper items. Except for some photographic reproductions (facsimiles), the documents consist mostly of literal transcripts. The documents are arranged chronologically except for those on particular subjects which are grouped together. These groupings are: -- New Castle County Petitions to the General Assembly, October 1787 -- Votes Cast, Sussex County Election, 15 October 1787 -- Sussex County Indentures of Election, 15 October 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions Protesting the 15 October 1787 Elections -- The Delaware General Assembly, 24 October-10 November 1787 -- Newspaper Reports of House of Assembly Proceedings on 27 October-November 1787 -- Votes Cast, Sussex County Election, 26 November 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions to the General Assembly Protesting the Election of 26 November 1787 -- Sussex County Petitions to the Delaware Convention, 28 November 1787 -- The Delaware General Assembly, 10 January-2 February 1788 This Supplement contains 51 facsimiles totaling 252 individual pages. These facsimiles provide a visual representation of original documents, some of which were difficult or impossible to transcribe.