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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Boston on a letter from Providence, RI, detailing a protest to be presented to the state assembly impeaching states that ratified the new U.S. Constitution with treason. Notes Massachusetts convention had 355 members, 168 nays. Indicates nearly two-thirds of six states' populations have adopted it, with ratification vote table for Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Georgia.
Merged-components note: Merging the table of convention votes into the preceding domestic news article on ratification progress; table relabeled to 'domestic_news'.
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The Purport of a Letter received by the last Saturday's Mail, from Providence State of Rhode-Island, is--
That a Protest was signing, to be presented to the Assembly of that State, which are to meet at Providence this Week, impeaching the several States who have adopted the New Constitution, with treason.
Of the Conventions which have ratified the federal constitution, that of Massachusetts contained 355 members, 168 nays.
From hence it appears, that nearly two thirds of six states, which contains 1,187,000 taxable and representible inhabitants (as appears from the statement of the number of inhabitants in our last) have adopted the new constitution.
| Connecticut | — 168 — 40 — |
| New Jersey | — 39 — |
| Pennsylvania | — 69 — 23 — |
| Delaware | — 22 — |
| Georgia | — 33 — |
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Providence, Rhode Island
Event Date
February 25
Outcome
nearly two thirds of six states with 1,187,000 taxable and representible inhabitants have adopted the new constitution; ratification votes: massachusetts (355 members, 168 nays), connecticut (168-40), pennsylvania (69-23), others unanimous.
Event Details
A letter from Providence reports a protest signing to present to the state assembly meeting this week, impeaching states adopting the New Constitution with treason. Details on conventions ratifying the federal constitution, including member counts and nays.