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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.03790
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0083] January-March 1788 
Title Henry Knox to Robert R. Livingston giving details of the ratification of the constitution in Massachusetts [copy]
Date 10 February 1788
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Livingston, Robert R.  
Document Type Correspondence; Government document
Content Description Later copy of GLC02437.03793. A note at the top of page one states, "Recd. from Mr Bancroft Feb 1857." Knox relates details of the Massachusetts ratifying convention: "On Wednesday the 30th ultimo, Mr. Hancock was well enough to take his seat in the convention. On Thursday he brought forward the proposition for adopting the Constitution, and for recommending certain alterations agreeably to the paper herein enclosed [not included]. The propositions were seconded by Mr. Samuel Adams, and committed to a large committee being Federalists." Notes that the friends of Hancock and [James] Bowdoin have united on the issue. Reports, "Handsome things are said of the open and decisive conduct of Mr. Hancock and also of Mr. S. Adams, notwithstanding his neutrality in the first part of the business."
Subjects US Constitution  Ratification  Revolutionary War General  Government and Civics  Politics  Federalists  Health and Medical  US Constitutional Amendment  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813)  Adams, Samuel (1722-1803)  Hancock, John (1737-1793)  Bowdoin, James (1726-1790)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Creating a New Government; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information In 1788, Livingston served as part of the New York convention for ratification of the United States Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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