Ratification by the States | Volume XXV: Rhode Island, No. 2 | Documents | V. Calling and Electing a State Convention, 12 January–16 February 1790 | V–B. The Election of Convention Delegates, 28 January–16 February 1790 | Commentaries on the Outcome of the Election of Convention Delegates, 12–16 February 1790 | Henry Marchant to William Marchant, Newport, 15 February 1790 (excerpt)