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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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List of US Senators elected for states including New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia, with notes on some members' roles in the Constitution and Congress.
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N.H. J. Langdon, P. Wingate.
Mass. C. Strong, and T. Dalton
Conn. W.S. Johnson, O. Ellsworth,
N. Jersey. W. Paterson, J. Elmer.
Pennsyl. Honorable P. Morris, W. Maclay,
Dela. Geo. Read, Richard Bassett,
Mary. J. Henry, Charles Carroll,
Virg. R. H. Lee, W. Grayson,
S. Carol. Pierce Butler,
Geo. Carol. Ralph Izard,
The former of the two last Gentlemen was a member of the Grand Convention--and signed the Constitution. The latter has been a member of Congress--and is a Federalist.
Of the Senators chosen, eight of them signed the Federal Constitution in the General Convention.
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List of United States Senators already chosen for various states: New Hampshire (J. Langdon, P. Wingate), Massachusetts (C. Strong, T. Dalton), Connecticut (W.S. Johnson, O. Ellsworth), New Jersey (W. Paterson, J. Elmer), Pennsylvania (Honorable P. Morris, W. Maclay), Delaware (Geo. Read, Richard Bassett), Maryland (J. Henry, Charles Carroll), Virginia (R. H. Lee, W. Grayson), South Carolina (Pierce Butler), Georgia (Ralph Izard). Pierce Butler was a member of the Grand Convention and signed the Constitution. Ralph Izard has been a member of Congress and is a Federalist. Eight of the chosen Senators signed the Federal Constitution in the General Convention.