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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03802 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0083] January-March 1788 |
| Title | Nathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox about ratification of the constitution in Massachusetts and Rhode Island |
| Date | 17 February 1788 |
| Author | Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | Notes that Mr. [Rufus] King will inform Knox of "everything," that is, events that recently transpired at the Massachusetts State ratifying convention. Writes, "The [sic] was a necessity in the Convention of mentioning Rhode Island as having prohibited the attendance of their members in Congress- an advertizm has appeared in order to give a false colour to that business- and a use is intended to be made of it at the meeting of the Legislature- I have therefore written in the inclosed Letter to Mr K requesting him to get me copies of every thing relative to that affair & to forward it through you by the first Post..." Signatory of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Subjects | US Constitution Ratification Revolutionary War General Politics Federalists Government and Civics Journalism |
| People | Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ludlow, Israel (1765-1804) |
| Place written | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Gorham was a delegate to the Massachusetts state convention, which ratified the Federal Constitution in February 1788. Rhode Island declined attending the Philadelphia Convention that ratified the Federal Constitution; as a state, Rhode Island was last to ratify the Constitution, doing so in May 1790. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |