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Massachusetts convention ratified the federal constitution on Wednesday last, with 187 yeas and 168 nays, as detailed in a Boston paper from last Saturday. The report includes the full list of voters and plans for celebrating the event in Boston.
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The yeas and nays on the question for ratifying the federal constitution, in the convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Wednesday last, were as follow.
YEAS.
His Excellency John Hancock, Esq. President.
Hon. James Bowdoin, Hon. Samuel Adams,
Hon. William Phillips, Hon. Caleb Davis, Charles
Jarvis, Esq. John Coffin Jones, Esq. John Winthrop, Esq. Thomas Dawes, jun. Esq. Rev. Samuel
Stillman, Thomas Russell, Esq. Christopher
Gore, Esq. Hon. William Heath, Hon. Increase
Sumner, Esq. James Bowdoin, jun. Esq. Ebenezer
Wales, Esq. Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, Hon.
Richard Cranch, Rev. Anthony Wibird, Hon.
Cotton Tufts, Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, Rev. Daniel
Shute, Rev. Joseph Jackson, Rev. Thomas
Thacher. Fisher Ames, Esq. Col. William McIntosh, Capt. John Baxter, jun. Hon. Elijah Dunbar,
Mr. Thomas Mann, Mr. George Parson,
Hon. J. Fisher, Mr. Thomas Jones, Rev. Phillips
Parson, Mr. Ebenezer Warren, Richard Manning,
Esq. Edward Pulling, Esq. Mr. William Gray,
jun. Mr. Francis Cabot, Hon. Michael Farley,
J. Choate, Esq. Daniel Noyes, Esq. Col. Jonathan
Cogswell. Hon. Tristram Dalton, Enoch
Sawyer, Esq. E. March, Esq. Hon. Rufus King
Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, Theophilus Parsons,
Esq. Hon. Jonathan Titcomb, Hon. G. Cabot,
Mr. Joseph Wood, Capt. Israel Thorndike, Isaac
Mansfield, Esq. Jonathan Glover, Esq. Hon. Azor
Orne, John Glover, Esq. Daniel Rogers, Esq.
John Low, Esq. Capt. W. Pearson, John Carnes,
Esq. Capt. John Burnham, Mr. William Symmes,
jun. Bailey Bartlett, Esq. Capt. Nathaniel Marsh,
Mr. Israel Clark, Dr. Samuel Nye, Mr. Enoch
Jackman, Capt. Benjamin Lurvey, Mr. William
Patten, Daniel Thurston, Esq. Mr. Jacob Herrick,
Mr. Simeon Miller, Hon. Francis Dana, Stephen
Dana, Esq. Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, Hon. Joseph
Honer, Hon. A. Fuller, Capt. Lawson Buckminster, Benjamin Brown, Esq. Daniel Whitney,
Esq. Capt. Asahel Wheeler, Capt. Benjamin
Blaney, Capt. Abraham Bigelow, Major-General
J. Brooks, Dr. Charles Whitman, Leonardo Williams, Esq. Hon. J. B. Varnum, Esq. Hon. J.
Pitts, Esq. Hon. E. Brooks, Esq. William Pynchon, Esq. Hon. Caleb Strong, Mr. Benjamin
Shelden, Capt. Lem. Pomeroy, Brig. Gen. Elisha
Porter, Hon. Noah Goodman, Hon. J. Hastings
John Ingersoll, Esq. Mr. Ebenezer Jones, Abner
Morgan, Esq. Capt. David Shepard, Mr. Jesse
Reed, Nahum Eager, Esq. Col. Benjamin Bonny.
Major Thomas J. Douglas, Mr. Aaron Fisher
Mr. Edmund Lazell, Capt. Thompson Maxwell,
Mr. Elihu Colton. Joshua Thomas, Esq. Mr. Thomas
Davis, John Davis, Hon. William Cushing,
Hon. Nathan Cushing, Hon Charles Turner, Hon.
George Partridge, Rev. William Shaw, Daniel
Howard, Esq. Mr. Hezekiah Hooper, captain
Elisha Mitchell. Mr. Daniel Howard, jun. Rev. Isaac Backus, Isaac Thomas, Esq. captain John Turner, Mr. Josiah Smith, William Sevier jun. Esq.
Hon. Joseph Cushing, Rev. Samuel Niles, Mr.
Freeman Waterman, col. Israel Fearing, Shearjashub Bourne. Esq. David Thatcher, Esq. captain Nathan
Howes. Hon. Solomon Freeman, Captain
Kimball Clark, Rev. Levi Whitman, captain Joseph
Palmer, James Williams, Esq. Hon. Elisha
May, captain Moses Wilmarth, colonel Sylvester
Richmond, Hon. William Baylies, Hon. Thomas
Durfee, Israel Washburn Esq Hon. Walter Spooner, Rev. Samuel West, Mr. William Almy, Nathaniel
Barrell, Esq. Rev. Moses Hemmenway,
Hon. Nathaniel Wells, Thomas Cutts, Esq. Jacob
Bradbury, Esq. captain John Low, Mr. William
Mayhew, Mr. Cornelius Dunham, Hon. John
Sprague, captain Seth Newton, Hon. Samuel Baker, Major David Wilder, Mr Matthew Patrick,
Mr. Josiah Goddard, captain Ephem. Wilder, John
K Smith, Esq. Mr. John Fox, captain Joseph
McLellan, David Mitchell, Esq. Samuel Merrill,
Esq. William Thompson, Esq. captain John Dunlap, captain Isaac Snow, Mr. Joshua Dyer, Rev.
Samuel Perley, Thomas Rice, Esq. Mr. David
Sylvester, Mr. Nathaniel Wymant, Mr. David
Gilmore, William McCobb, Esq. Capt. Samuel
Grant, Moses Davis, Esq. David Fales, Esq.
Dummer Sewall, Esq. John Ashley, jun. Esq. Hon.
Elijah Dwight, Hon. T. Sedgwick, Hon. Jonathan
Smith, Hon. T. Skinner, Mr. Elisha Carpenter, Capt. D. Taylor. 187.
NAYS.
Capt. Jedediah Southworth, Mr. Nathan Comstock, Mr. Benjamin Randall, Mr. M. Richardson
jun. Rev. Noah Alden, Hon. Sam. Hutchinson,
Capt. Peter Osgood, jun. Dr. Thomas Kittridge,
Capt. Thomas Mighill, Hon. Aaron Wood, Capt.
Ebenezer Carlton, Dr. Marshall Spring, Capt. Timothy
Winn, Mr. William Flint, Mr. Peter Emerson, Mr. Jonas Morse, Major Benjamin Sawin,
William Thompson, Esq. Major John Minot,
Capt. Gilbert Dench, Mr. Jonathan Keep, Col.
Benjamin Ely, Capt. John Williston, Capt. Phil.
Stebbins, Mr. Daniel Cooley, Mr. Benjamin Eastman, Mr. Josiah Allis, Mr. William Bodman,
Mr. Samuel Field, Mr. Moses Bacon, Mr. Robert
Wilson, Capt. Consider Adams, Mr. Malachi
Maynard, Capt. Zacheus Crocker, Mr. Severance,
Capt. Asa Fisk, Mr. Phineas Merrick, Mr. Adam
Clark, Capt. Nathaniel Whitcomb, Mr. Timothy
Blair, Mr. Aaron Merrick, Mr. John Hamilton,
Mr. Clark Cooley. Mr. John Chamberlain, Mr.
Justus Dwight, Mr. Samuel Eddy, Mr. Isaac Pepper, Capt. John Goldthwait, Capt. Agrippa
Wells, Mr. Ephraim Williams, Mr. Asa Powers,
Capt. Silas Fowler, Mr. John Jennings, Mr. Jonathan
Hubbard, Mr. Benjamin Thomas, Mr Isaac
Soul, Mr. Nathaniel Hammond. Mr. Abraham
Holmes, Capt. Francis Shurtleff, Mr. Elijah Bisbee,
jun. Dr. Thomas Smith, Mr. Thomas Nye,
Col. Nathaniel Leonard, Mr. Aaron Pratt, Capt.
Phanuel Bishop, Maj. Frederick Brown, William
Wingor, Esq Mr. Christopher Mason, Mr.
Christopher Mason, Mr. David Brown, Hon. Holder
Slocum, Mr. Melatiah Hathaway, Hon. Abraham
White, Captain Ebenezer Tisdell, Capt. John
Pratt, Capt. Elias Preble, Mr. Mark Adams, Mr.
James Neal, Capt. Elijah Thayer, Dr. Nathaniel
Low. Mr. Richard Foxwell Cutts, Mr. Thomas
M. Wentworth, Major Nathaniel Nason, Mr.
Moses Ames, Mr. Jeremiah Emery, Rev. Pelatiah
Tingley, Mr. David Bigelow, Edward Thompson,
Esq. Dr. Benjamin More, Joel Sheple, Esq. Mr.
Otis Saxbyil, Mr. Daniel Fisk, Capt. Daniel Adams, Capt. John Webber, Capt. Sta. Chamberlin, Mr. Asa Parlin, Capt. J. Harnden, Mr. Newman
Scarlet, Mr. Samuel Reed, Mr. Benjamin
Adams, Major Hezekiah Broad, Capt. Jonathan
Green, Mr. Phineas Gleason, Mr. Daniel Forbes,
Mr. N. Jenks, Capt. Jeremiah Learned, Mr. Caleb
Curtis, Mr. Ezra McIntire. Mr. David Harwood, Hon. Amos Singletary, Col. Samuel Denny, Mr. James
Hathway, Mr. Asa Sherman, Mr.
Abraham Smith, Capt. Jonathan Ballard, Capt.
John Black, Capt. John Woods, Capt. Benjamin
Joslyn, Capt. Stephen Maynard, Mr. Artemas Brigham, Capt. Isaac Harrington. captain John Fuller,
Mr. Daniel Putnam, Dr. Samuel Willard, Joseph
Whitney, Esq. Mr. Jonathan Day, captain Thomas
M. Baker, captain Timothy Parker, Major
Martin Kingsley, Rev. Joseph Davis, Hon. John
Taftor, Dr. Joseph Wood, Jonathan Grout, Esq.
Mr. Samuel Peckham, John Frye, Esq. Mr. Stephen
Holden, captain Joel Fletcher, Mr. Timothy Fuller, Mr. Jacob Willard, Mr. Moses Hale,
captain Josiah Wood, Mr. Joseph Stone, Mr.
David Stearns, Mr, Jonas Temple, Daniel Lisley,
Esq. Mr. S. Longfellow, jun. Mr. William Wedgery, captain David Murray, Hon. Samuel Thompson, Mr. Jonah Crosby. Mr. Zacheus Beal, William
Jones, Esq- captain James Carr, Mr. Joshua
Bean, Mr. Valentine Rathbun. Mr. Comstock
Betts, Mr. Lemuel Collins, captain Jeremiah
Pierce, Ephraim Fitch, Esq. Major Thomas Lusk,
Mr. John Hurlbert, captain Ezekiel Herrick, Mr.
Joshua Lawton, Mr. Timothy Mason, Ebenezer
Peirce, Esq. Mr, David Vaughan, Capt. Jesse
Bradley, Mr. Zenos Noble, Mr. John Picket,
jun. 168.
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Massachusetts
Event Date
On Wednesday Last
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ratified with 187 yeas and 168 nays
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The convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts concluded debates and ratified the federal constitution. A Boston paper from last Saturday reports the vote and mentions celebrations in Boston including order of procession.