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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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On October 16, 1787, Connecticut's House of Assembly passed a bill by full vote to hold town elections on the second Tuesday of November for delegates to a state convention in Hartford on January 3, 1788, to consider ratifying the new U.S. federal constitution, which has met with general approval in the state.
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Extract of a letter from a Member of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, to a friend in this city, dated New-Haven, October 17, 1787.
"I have the pleasure to inform you that on Tuesday last the Doings and Recommendation of the Convention of the United States was laid before the House of Assembly of this State, after being read, a Bill was prepared, taken into consideration, and passed by a full vote, appointing the Second Tuesday of November next to be the day for the several Towns in this State to choose their Delegates to the State Convention which is to meet at Hartford on the First Thursday of January next, to take up, advise, and determine whether this State approve and accept of the new System of Federal Government. Thus far the new Government has met with general approbation in Connecticut; and from the prevailing disposition of the people to support order and good government, there is no doubt but it will be adopted by this State."
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Connecticut
Event Date
Tuesday Last (October 16, 1787)
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bill passed by a full vote; general approbation in connecticut; expected adoption by the state
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The Doings and Recommendation of the Convention of the United States was laid before the House of Assembly; a Bill was prepared, considered, and passed appointing the Second Tuesday of November next for towns to choose Delegates to the State Convention at Hartford on the First Thursday of January next to determine approval of the new System of Federal Government