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The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
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In Philadelphia, ship-carpenters and sailors paraded a boat on a wagon through the city streets during celebrations for the federal constitution's ratification, amusing thousands with nautical cries alluding to the Pennsylvania convention's vote margins.
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On the evening of the public rejoicing for the ratification of the federal constitution, a number of ship-carpenters and sailors conducted a boat on a waggon drawn by five horses, through the city, to the great amusement of many thousand spectators. On their way through the different streets, they frequently threw a sounding line, and cried out, "three and twenty fathoms,--foul bottom,"---and in other places, "six and forty fathom,---found bottom---safe anchorage," alluding to the numbers that composed the minority and majority of the late convention of Pennsylvania, which ratified the federal constitution.
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Philadelphia
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Evening Of The Public Rejoicing For The Ratification Of The Federal Constitution
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great amusement of many thousand spectators
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a number of ship-carpenters and sailors conducted a boat on a waggon drawn by five horses, through the city... they frequently threw a sounding line, and cried out, "three and twenty fathoms,--foul bottom,"---and in other places, "six and forty fathom,---found bottom---safe anchorage," alluding to the numbers that composed the minority and majority of the late convention of Pennsylvania, which ratified the federal constitution.