Retirement Series | Volume 4 (3 March 1826–29 February 1828) | Documents | Robert C. Jones, James M. Jeffries, and James P. Henderson to James Madison, 17 December 1827
II–A. The General Assembly Calls for a Referendum on the Constitution, 27 February–20 March 1788II–A. The General Assembly Calls for a Referendum on the Constitution, 27 February–20 March 1788 [Editorial Note]Newspaper Report of General Assembly Proceedings, 27 February–1 March 1788Newspaper Report of House of Deputies Proceedings, Wednesday, 27 February 1788Newspaper Report of House of Deputies Proceedings, Thursday, 28 February 1788Newspaper Report of House of Deputies Proceedings, Friday, 29 February 1788Newspaper Report of House of Deputies and House of Magistrates Proceedings, Saturday, 1 March 1788Rhode Island Act Calling a Referendum on the Constitution, 1 March 1788William Allen to Henry Knox, Providence, 4 March 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 8 March 1788Providence United States Chronicle, 13 March 1788A Freeman, Providence Gazette, 15 March 1788A Friend to Rule and Order, Providence Gazette, 15 March 1788A Federalist, Massachusetts Centinel, 15 March 1788Hewes & Anthony to Brown & Benson, Philadelphia, 19 March 1788 (excerpt)Samuel Hodgdon to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, 20 March 1788 (excerpt)A Freeman, Newport Herald, 20 March 1788Newport Herald, 20 March 1788A Rhode-Island Landholder, Providence United States Chronicle, 20 March 1788 II–B. Freemen Vote in Town Meetings on the Constitution, 24 March–23 April 1788II–B. Freemen Vote in Town Meetings on the Constitution, 24 March–23 April 1788 [Editorial Note]Barrington (9–34)Bristol (26–23)Charlestown (6–51)Coventry (0–180)Cranston (0–101)Cumberland (10–113)East Greenwich (2–91)Exeter (6–142)Glocester (9–228)Hopkinton (33–95)Jamestown (5–11)Johnston (2–79)Little Compton (63–57)Middletown (6–40)Newport (1–10)New Shoreham (0–32)North Kingstown (2–160)North Providence (0–48)Portsmouth (12–60)Providence (0–1)Richmond (1–68)Scituate (0–156)Smithfield (2–158)South Kingstown (1–125)Tiverton (23–92)Warren (2–41)Warwick (3–140)Westerly (12–56)West Greenwich (2–145)Commentaries on the Referendum, 26 March–23 April 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 26 March 1788Amendment, Providence Gazette, 29 March 1788Enos Hitchcock to Silas Talbot, Providence, 31 March 1788 (excerpts)Massachusetts Centinel, 2 April 1788A Freeman, Newport Herald, 3 April 1788Newport Herald, 3 April 1788James Madison to George Nicholas, Orange County, Va., 8 April 1788 (excerpt)New York Packet, 8 April 1788 (excerpt)Maryland Journal, 15 April 1788Edward Carrington to James Madison, New York, 23 April 1788 II–C. The General Assembly Considers the Referendum Results and the Constitution, 31 March–1 May 1788II–C. The General Assembly Considers the Referendum Results and the Constitution, 31 March–1 May 1788 [Editorial Note]Newspaper Reports of General Assembly Proceedings, 31 March–5 April 1788Report of Committee Counting Yeas and Nays Upon the New Constitution, 3 April 1788House of Deputies Proceedings, Thursday, 3 April 1788 (excerpt)House of Magistrates Proceedings, Friday, 4 April 1788 (excerpt)General Assembly Approves Draft of a Letter to Congress, 5 April 1788The Governor of Rhode Island to the President of Congress, Providence, 5 April 1788Antoine de la Forest to Comte de la Luzerne, New York, 15 April 1788 (excerpt)Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 1 May 1788 