Revolutionary War Series (16 June 1775–31 December 1783 [in progress]) | Volume 26 (13 May–4 July 1780) | Documents | Samuel Huntington to George Washington, 29 May 1780, with enclosure
VI–A. Reports of Ratification of the Constitution by the Massachusetts Convention, 6–20 FebruaryJohn Avery, Jr., to George Thatcher, Boston, 6 FebruaryJoseph Barrell to Samuel Blachley Webb, Boston, 6 FebruaryTristram Dalton to Stephen Hooper, Boston, 6 FebruaryChristopher Gore to George Thatcher, Boston, 6 FebruaryMassachusetts: The Sixth Pillar of the Great Federal Superstructure, 6 FebruaryJohn Quincy Adams Diary, Newburyport, 7 FebruaryGovernor John Hancock to the State Executives, Boston, 16 FebruaryPennsylvania Gazette, 20 February VI–B. Celebrations, 6 February–3 MarchBerwick, York County, 11 FebruaryBiddeford, York County, 18 FebruaryBoston, Suffolk County, 6–7 FebruaryBoston, Suffolk County, Convention Celebration, 7 FebruaryBoston, Suffolk County, The Federal Procession, 8 FebruaryBoston, Suffolk County, Militia Parade, 12 FebruaryCharlestown, Middlesex County, 8 FebruaryGloucester, Essex County, 8 FebruaryNew Bedford, Bristol County, c. 8 FebruaryNewbury and Newburyport, Essex County, 8 and 14 FebruarySpringfield, Hampshire County, 9 FebruaryWatertown, Middlesex County, 7 FebruaryWestminster, Worcester County, 3 MarchNew Haven, Connecticut, 11 FebruaryNew London, Connecticut, 14 FebruaryNew York City, 13, 14, and 16 FebruaryPortsmouth, New HampshireRichmond, Virginia, 27 February VI–C. The Acquiescence of the Massachusetts Minority, 6 February–24 MayRufus King to James Madison, Boston, 6 FebruaryRufus King to George Washington, Boston, 6 FebruaryIndependent Chronicle, 7 FebruarySamuel Nasson to George Thatcher, Boston, 8 FebruaryRoyal Flint to Noah Webster, Boston, 14 FebruaryNewport Herald, 14 FebruaryNew York Daily Advertiser, 14 FebruaryPennsylvania Gazette, 20 FebruaryPennsylvania Mercury, 21 FebruaryJohn Howard to George Thatcher, Smithtown, N.Y., 27 FebruaryGeorge Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, Mount Vernon, 29 FebruaryProvidence United States Chronicle, 6 MarchMassachusetts Centinel, 12 MarchPennsylvania Gazette, 12 MarchWinchester Virginia Gazette, 19 MarchMassachusetts Centinel, 22 MarchEdenton (N.C.) Intelligencer, 9 AprilMassachusetts Centinel, 24 May VI–D. Address of the Massachusetts Convention to the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 7 February–9 MayGeorge Cabot to Theophilus Parsons, Beverly, 28 FebruaryGeorge Cabot to George R. Minot, Beverly, 4 MarchMassachusetts Senate Resolution for Printing Convention Address to the People, 29 MarchHouse Proceedings, Saturday, 29 MarchAmerican Herald, 18 AprilMassachusetts Centinel, 19 AprilNew York Journal, 22 AprilGeorge Cabot to Nathan Dane, Beverly, 9 May VI–E. The Reply of the Massachusetts General Court to the Speech of Governor John Hancock, 27 February–6 MayGovernor John Hancock's Speech to the General Court, Boston, 27 FebruaryDraft of Reply to Governor John Hancock's Speech, 4 MarchPhanuel Bishop's Amendment to the Draft of the Legislature's Reply to Governor John Hancock's Speech, 5 MarchSamuel P. Savage to George Thatcher, Weston, 7 MarchNathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox, Charlestown, 9 MarchJohn Avery, Jr., to George Thatcher, Boston, 10 MarchHenry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 10 MarchHenry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 15 MarchBenjamin Lincoln to George Washington, Boston, 19 MarchNew York Journal, 24 MarchGeorge R. Minot Journal, post-1 AprilSamuel Holten to Nathan Dane, Danvers, 5 AprilPhiladelphia Freeman's Journal, 16 AprilPennsylvania Gazette, 30 AprilA Bostonian, Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 6 May VI–F. Public and Private Commentaries on the Constitution 6 February–14 AugustPublic CommentariesPrivate CommentariesCaleb Gibbs to George Washington, Boston, 9 FebruaryBenjamin Lincoln to George Washington, Boston, 9 FebruaryHenry Van Schaack to Theodore Sedgwick, Pittsfield, 9 FebruaryWilliam Widgery to George Thatcher, Boston, 9 FebruaryJohn Quincy Adams Diary, Newburyport, 11 FebruaryDavid Sewall to George Thatcher, York, 11 FebruaryJohn Avery, Jr., to George Thatcher, Boston, 13 FebruaryHenry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 13 FebruaryElbridge Gerry Acquiesces to Massachusetts Ratification, 13–28 FebruaryJeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 14 FebruaryHenry Knox to George Washington, New York, 14 FebruarySilas Lee to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 14 FebruaryThomas B. Wait to George Thatcher, Portland, 14 FebruaryJames Madison to George Washington, New York, 15 FebruaryMassachusetts Gazette, 15 FebruaryJohn Quincy Adams to William Cranch, Newburyport, 16 FebruaryJohn Quincy Adams to Oliver Fiske, Newburyport, 17 FebruaryVictor DuPont to Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, New York, 17 FebruarySamuel P. Savage to George Thatcher, Weston, 17 FebruaryIndependent Chronicle, 21 FebruaryHenry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 24 FebruarySamuel Nasson to George Thatcher, Sanford, 26 FebruaryWilliam Vassall to John Lowell, Clapham Common, 26 FebruaryJohn Bacon to Elbridge Gerry, Stockbridge, 27 FebruaryNathaniel Barrell of York, Maine, and the Constitution, 27 February–10 MarchJeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 28 FebruaryTristram Dalton to John Langdon, Newburyport, 29 FebruarySilas Lee to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 29 FebruaryThomas B. Wait to George Thatcher, Portland, 29 February§ Editors’ Note: A Columbian Patriot: Observations on the Constitution: Boston, FebruaryThe Massachusetts Reprinting of the Last Letter of John Adams's Defence of the Constitutions, 3–13 MarchPennsylvania Mercury, 8 MarchWilliam Widgery to George Thatcher, Boston, 16 MarchJonathan Moore to Elijah Brigham, Rochester, 17 MarchMassachusetts Centinel, 19 MarchSilas Lee to George Thatcher, Biddeford, 20 MarchA Hint, Providence United States Chronicle, 20 MarchSamuel Nasson to George Thatcher, Boston, 23 MarchNathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox, Boston, 25 MarchIndependent Chronicle, 3 April§ Editors’ Note: The State Elections, 7 April–29 MayConsider Arms, Malachi Maynard, and Samuel Field: Dissent to the Massachusetts Convention and Commentaries upon this Dissent, Hampshire Gazette, 9 April–4 JuneElbridge Gerry Responds to Maryland “Landholder” X, American Herald, 18 AprilMassachusetts Centinel, 7 MayNathan Dane to Samuel Adams, New York, 10 MayHampshire Gazette, 14 MayMassachusetts Centinel, 24 MayIndependent Chronicle, 12 JuneMassachusetts Centinel, 14 JuneAn Antifederalist, Massachusetts Centinel, 18 JuneNew York Journal, 26 June§ Editors’ Note: A Native of Boston: Thoughts Upon the Political Situation of the United States, Worcester, 14 August Commentaries on John Hancock's AmendmentsThe Writings of Laco, Boston, 1789Francis Baylies to John H. Clifford, Taunton, 19 April 1842Francis Baylies: Eulogy on the Hon. Benjamin Russell, Boston, 10 March 1845Theophilus Parsons, Jr.: Memoir of Theophilus Parsons, Sr., Boston, 1859 