Ratification by the States | Volume V: Massachusetts, No. 2 | Documents | IV: The Election of Convention Delegates, 19 November 1787–7 January 1788
IntroductionActon and Carlisle, Middlesex County, 10 DecemberAdams, Berkshire County, 24 DecemberAmherst, Hampshire County, 26 NovemberAndover, Essex County, 3 DecemberAshburnham, Worcester County, 3 DecemberAshfield, Hampshire County, 25 DecemberAttleborough, Bristol County, 26 NovemberBarnstable, Barnstable County, 19 NovemberBecket, Berkshire County, 3 DecemberBelchertown, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberBellingham, Suffolk County, 10 DecemberBernardston and Leyden, Hampshire County, 26 NovemberBerwick, York County, 18 DecemberBeverly, Essex County, 17 DecemberBiddeford, York CountyBoston, Suffolk County, 7 DecemberNauticus, Massachusetts Centinel, 7 NovemberMassachusetts Gazette, 16 NovemberAn Elector, Massachusetts Gazette, 20 NovemberAmerican Herald, 26 NovemberAn Elector, Massachusetts Centinel, 28 NovemberMassachusetts Centinel, 28 NovemberCandor, Massachusetts Centinel, 28 NovemberIndependent Chronicle, 30 NovemberMassachusetts Centinel, 1 DecemberA Mechanick, Massachusetts Centinel, 1 DecemberThomas a Kempis, Massachusetts Centinel, 1 DecemberAmerican Herald, 3 DecemberCandidus, Boston Gazette, 3 December“C”, Massachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberAn Elector, Massachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberMassachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberMany of Your Readers, Massachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberMassachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberA Bostonian, Massachusetts Gazette, 4 DecemberMechanicks of the North-End, Massachusetts Centinel, 5 DecemberFair Play, Massachusetts Centinel, 5 DecemberCivis, Independent Chronicle, 6 DecemberMechanicks of the North-End, Independent Chronicle, 6 DecemberIndependent Chronicle, 6 DecemberWeather on Election Day, Boston, 7 DecemberMassachusetts Gazette, 7 DecemberConcord, Massachusetts Gazette, 7 DecemberA Qualified Voter, Massachusetts Gazette, 7 DecemberMechanicks of the North-End: To the Tradesmen of Boston, Massachusetts Gazette, 7 DecemberTown Meeting, 7 DecemberMassachusetts Centinel, 8 DecemberMassachusetts Centinel, 8 DecemberChristopher Gore to Rufus King, Boston, 9 December“L”, Massachusetts Gazette, 11 DecemberNathaniel Gorham to Rufus King, Charlestown, 12 DecemberA Federalist, Boston Gazette, 17 DecemberChristopher Gore to Rufus King, Boston, 23 DecemberMany Citizens, Massachusetts Centinel, 29 December Boxford, Essex County, 6 DecemberBraintree, Suffolk County, 3 DecemberBristol, Lincoln County, 17 DecemberBrookfield, Worcester County, 17 DecemberBrunswick, Cumberland County, 18 DecemberCambridge, Middlesex County, 17 DecemberSelectmen Meeting, 3 DecemberSelectmen Meeting, 10 DecemberNathaniel Gorham to Rufus King, Charlestown, 12 DecemberMassachusetts Gazette, 14 DecemberNathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox, Charlestown, 16 DecemberA Federalist, Massachusetts Centinel, 19 DecemberPhiladelphia Independent Gazetteer, 5 January 1788 Charlestown, Middlesex County, 3 DecemberCharlton, Worcester County, 10 DecemberChatham, Barnstable County, 19 DecemberChelsea, Suffolk County, 3 DecemberChesterfield, Hampshire County, 27 NovemberCohasset, Suffolk County, 3 DecemberColrain, Hampshire County, 4 DecemberCummington and Plainfield, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberDalton, Berkshire County, 27 DecemberDanvers, Essex County, 11 DecemberDunstable, Middlesex County, 3 DecemberEaston, Bristol County, 14 DecemberFalmouth, Cumberland CountyFitchburg, Worcester County, 20 DecemberFoxborough, Suffolk County, 30 NovemberFryeburg, York County, 6 DecemberGardner, Worcester County, 27 DecemberGorham, Cumberland County, 3 DecemberGranby, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberGranville, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberGreat Barrington, Berkshire County, 3 DecemberTown Meeting, 26 NovemberDraft Instructions, 26 NovemberTheodore Sedgwick to Henry Van Schaack, Stockbridge, 28 NovemberTown Meeting, 3 DecemberHenry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, Pittsfield, 4 DecemberTheodore Sedgwick to Henry Van Schaack, Stockbridge, 5 DecemberTown Clerk's Account of Election of a Delegate to the Massachusetts Convention, DecemberDeposition of Fraudulent Voting, 3 January 1788Deposition of Fraudulent Voting, 4 JanuaryMassachusetts Convention Journal, 11 JanuaryMassachusetts Convention Journal, 12 January Hallowell, Lincoln County, 27 NovemberHarpswell, Cumberland County, 10 DecemberHarvard, Worcester County, 17 DecemberHolden, Worcester County, 26 NovemberHolliston, Middlesex County, 24 DecemberHopkinton, Middlesex County, 10 DecemberIpswich, Essex County, 3 DecemberTown Meeting, 20 November (morning)Town Meeting, 20 November (afternoon)Samuel Adams Diary, Ipswich, 20 NovemberTown Meeting, 3 December (morning)Town Meeting, 3 December (afternoon)Samuel Adams Diary, Ipswich, 3 DecemberWarrant calling Town Meeting, 19 DecemberTown Meeting, 25 DecemberSamuel Adams Diary, Ipswich, 25 December Kittery, York County, 17 DecemberLancaster, Worcester County, 20 NovemberLee, Berkshire County, 30 NovemberLenox, Berkshire County, 17 DecemberLeverett, Hampshire County, 10 DecemberLittleton, Middlesex County, 17 DecemberLoudon, Berkshire County, 24 DecemberLudlow, Hampshire County, 11 DecemberLunenburgh, Worcester County, 3 DecemberLynn and Lynnfield, Essex County, 10 DecemberMachias, Lincoln County, 21 NovemberMansfield, Bristol County, 3 DecemberMedfield, Suffolk County, 25 DecemberMedford, Middlesex County, 22 NovemberMedway, Suffolk County, 6 DecemberMethuen, Essex County, 20 DecemberMiddleborough, Plymouth County, 17 DecemberMilford, Worcester County, 17 DecemberMilton, Suffolk County, 3 DecemberNewbury, Essex County, 4 DecemberNewburyport, Essex County, 20 NovemberJohn Quincy Adams Diary, Newburyport, 20 NovemberEssex Journal, 21 NovemberMassachusetts Centinel, 24 NovemberJohn Quincy Adams Diary, Newburyport, 25 NovemberHenry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 25 NovemberAmerican Herald, 26 NovemberEssex Journal, 28 NovemberIndependent Chronicle, 6 DecemberGeorge R. Minot Journal, January-February 1788 Newcastle, Lincoln County, 27 DecemberNew Gloucester, Cumberland County, 10 December: William Widgery (N)New Marlborough, Berkshire County, 10 DecemberNorthampton and Easthampton, Hampshire County, 22 NovemberNorthborough, Worcester County, 24 DecemberNorth Yarmouth, Cumberland County, 4 DecemberOakham, Worcester County, 3 DecemberPalmer, Hampshire County, 6 DecemberPartridgefield, Berkshire County, 10 DecemberPaxton, Worcester County, 17 DecemberPelham, Hampshire County, 26 NovemberPittsfield, Berkshire County, 19 DecemberHenry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, Pittsfield, 4 DecemberTheodore Sedgwick to Henry Van Schaack, Stockbridge, 5 DecemberHenry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, Pittsfield, 9 DecemberHenry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, Pittsfield, 14 DecemberTown Meeting, 19 DecemberHenry Van Schaack to Oliver Wendell, Pittsfield, 2 January 1788 Portland, Cumberland County, 19 November and 31 DecemberCumberland Gazette, 15 NovemberTown Meeting, 19 NovemberTown Meeting, 3 DecemberOriental Junius, Cumberland Gazette, 13 DecemberA Freeholder, Cumberland Gazette, 20 DecemberOriental Junius, Cumberland Gazette, 27 DecemberWarrant Calling Town Meeting, 29 DecemberTown Meeting, 31 December Pownalborough, Lincoln County, 11 DecemberPrinceton, Worcester County, 27 NovemberReading, Middlesex County, 17 DecemberRehoboth, Bristol County, 26 NovemberRichmond, Berkshire County, 17 DecemberRoxbury, Suffolk County, 17 DecemberRutland, Worcester County, 3 DecemberSalem, Essex County, 5 DecemberSandwich, Barnstable County, 11, 13 DecemberTown Meeting, 11 DecemberTown Meeting, 13 DecemberMassachusetts Centinel, 2 January 1788Jeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 9 JanuaryMarcus, Massachusetts Centinel, 9 JanuaryMassachusetts Centinel, 12 JanuaryAmerican Herald, 14 JanuaryBoston Gazette, 14 JanuaryA Lover of Truth, Massachusetts Centinel, 22 MarchGiles Hickory (Noah Webster): Government: New York American Magazine, March Sanford, York County, 10 DecemberSheffield and Mount Washington, Berkshire County, 17 DecemberShelburne, Hampshire County, 11 DecemberSherburne, Middlesex County, 10 DecemberSherburne, Nantucket County, 22 DecemberShirley, Middlesex County, 17 DecemberSouthborough, Worcester County, 24 DecemberSpencer, Worcester County, 12 DecemberStandish, Cumberland County, 13 DecemberStockbridge, Berkshire County, 30 NovemberHenry Van Schaack to Caleb Strong, Pittsfield, 10 OctoberSamuel Henshaw to Henry Van Schaack, Northampton, 7 NovemberTheodore Sedgwick to Henry Van Schaack, Stockbridge, 28 NovemberTo Isaiah Thomas, 30 NovemberJohn Bacon to Theodore Sedgwick, Stockbridge, 1 DecemberTheodore Sedgwick to Henry Van Schaack, Stockbridge, 5 DecemberNew Haven Gazette, 6 DecemberNathaniel Gorham to Rufus King, Charlestown, 12 DecemberWorcester Magazine, 13 DecemberSamuel A. Otis to Caleb Davis, New York, 14 DecemberMassachusetts Centinel, 15 DecemberJeremiah Wadsworth to Rufus King, Hartford, Conn., 16 DecemberMassachusetts Centinel, 19 DecemberNoah, Massachusetts Gazette, 21 DecemberAmerican Herald, 24 December“Z”, American Herald, 24 DecemberAn Anti-Federal Scribbler, Massachusetts Centinel, 26 DecemberGeorge R. Minot Journal, January–February 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 5 JanuaryMassachusetts Centinel, 12 JanuaryMassachusetts Gazette, 22 JanuaryMassachusetts Centinel, 30 January Stoughton, Suffolk County, 3 DecemberStow and Boxborough, Middlesex County, 30 NovemberSturbridge, Worcester County, 3 DecemberSudbury, Middlesex County, 17 DecemberSunderland, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberSutton, Worcester County, 10 DecemberTaunton, Bristol County, 26 November and 7 January 1788Tewksbury, Middlesex County, 24 DecemberTopsfield, Essex County, 13 DecemberTopsham, Lincoln County, 31 DecemberTownshend, Middlesex County, 24 DecemberTruro, Barnstable County, 8 DecemberUpton, Worcester County, 17 DecemberVassalborough, Lincoln County, 1 January 1788Waldoborough, Lincoln County, 10 DecemberWare, Hampshire County, 31 DecemberWashington, Berkshire County, 24 DecemberWellfleet, Barnstable County, 26 DecemberWells, York County, 3 DecemberWendell, Hampshire County, 31 DecemberWestborough, Worcester County, 24 DecemberWestminster, Worcester County, 30 NovemberWest Stockbridge, Berkshire County, 22 NovemberWilliamsburgh, Hampshire County, 3 DecemberWilliamstown, Berkshire County, 24 DecemberWindham, Cumberland County, 13 DecemberWinslow, Lincoln County, 17 DecemberWorcester, Worcester County, 3 DecemberWrentham, Suffolk County, 17 DecemberYork, York County, 3 DecemberTown Meeting, 3 DecemberJonathan Sayward Diary, York, 3 DecemberChristopher Gore to Rufus King, Boston, 23 DecemberDavid Sewall to George Thatcher, York, 5 January 1788Samuel P. Savage to George Thatcher, Weston, 11 JanuaryJoseph Tucker to George Thatcher, York, 28 January General Commentaries on the Election of Convention Delegates, 29 November 1787–8 March 1788 