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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The Georgia General Assembly appointed Edward Telfair, Abraham Baldwin, James Gunn, Nathaniel Pendleton, and William O'Bryan as delegates to Congress and nominated 34 gentlemen for a convention to amend the state constitution after nine states ratify the federal Constitution.
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The honorable the General Assembly of Georgia have appointed the Hon. Edward Telfair, Abraham Baldwin, James Gunn, Nathaniel Pendleton, and William O'Bryan, Esqrs. Delegates to Congress. The general assembly of Georgia, have also nominated 34 gentlemen, to constitute a Convention, to be convened by the executive, after nine States have adopted the federal Constitution, to take under consideration the alterations and amendments that are necessary to be made in the Constitution of that State.
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Georgia
Event Date
February 21
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appointment of five delegates to congress; nomination of 34 gentlemen for a future constitutional convention.
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The General Assembly of Georgia appointed Hon. Edward Telfair, Abraham Baldwin, James Gunn, Nathaniel Pendleton, and William O'Bryan, Esqrs. as Delegates to Congress. The assembly also nominated 34 gentlemen to form a Convention, to be convened by the executive after nine States adopt the federal Constitution, to consider necessary alterations and amendments to the State Constitution.