Congressional Series | Volume 15 (24 March 1793–20 April 1795) | Documents | Joseph Jones to James Madison, 22 July 1794
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The Debate over the Constitution in Rhode Island, 27 March–27 December 1788 (Continued)Nathan Dane to Melancton Smith, New York, 3 July 1788 (excerpt)Newport Herald, 3 July 1788Newport Herald, 3 July 1788East Greenwich Celebrates the Anniversary of American Independence and Ratification of the Constitution by Nine States, 4 July 1788Little Compton Celebrates Ratification of the Constitution by Nine States, 4 July 1788Wickford Celebrates the Anniversary of American Independence, 4 July 1788Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati Celebrates the Anniversary of American Independence, Providence, 4 July 1788Solon, jun., Providence Gazette, 5 July 1788Providence Celebrates Virginia’s Ratification of the Constitution, 5–17 July 1788Springfield, Mass., Hampshire Chronicle, 9 July 1788A Rhode-Islander, Newport Herald, 10 July 1788Newport Herald, 10 July 1788Newport Herald, 10 July 1788Solon, junior, Providence Gazette, 12 July 1788Phocion, Providence United States Chronicle, 17 July 1788The Weekly Reviewers, Providence Gazette, 19 July 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 23 July 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 23 July 1788A Friend to Good Government, Newport Herald, 24 July 1788Observer, Newport Herald, 24 July 1788Arnold H. Dohrman to Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, New York, 28 July 1788 (excerpt)William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 28–29 July 1788 (excerpt)Samuel Hopkins to Levi Hart, Newport, 29 July 1788Providence and Newport Celebrate New York’s Ratification of the Constitution, 29–31 July 1788Joseph Webb to Theodore Sedgwick, Wethersfield, Conn., 31 July 1788 (excerpt)Newport Herald, 31 July 1788Newport Herald, 31 July 1788Providence United States Chronicle, 31 July 1788Editors’ Note, The Reception in Rhode Island of the News of the North Carolina Convention Which Refused to Ratify the Constitution, 31 July–27 December 1788Brown & Benson to Murray, Mumford, & Bowen, Providence, 1 August 1788 (excerpt)Solon, junior, Providence Gazette, 2 August 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 2 August 1788Samuel Huntington to Benjamin Huntington, Norwich, Conn., 6 August 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 6 August 1788Theodore Foster to Dwight Foster, Providence, 7 August 1788 (excerpt)Newport Herald, 7 August 1788Providence United States Chronicle, 7 August 1788Jeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Biddeford, Maine, 8 August 1788 (excerpt)Solon, junior, Providence Gazette, 9 August 1788Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 10 August 1788 (excerpt)Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, New York, 12 August 1788Newport Herald, 14 August 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 20 August 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 20 August 1788“The Recantation,” Newport Herald, 21 August 1788Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton, Providence, 23 August 1788Solon, Jr., Providence Gazette, 23 August 1788William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 25 August 1788 (excerpt)Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton, Providence, 25 August 1788North Providence Town Meetings, 26 August–18 September 1788William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 31 August 1788Jeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Boston, 6 September 1788 (excerpt)Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton, Providence, 10 September 1788Adrian Bancker to Evert Bancker, Hermitage, 17 September 1788 (excerpt)George Champlin to Peleg Arnold, Newport, post-17 September 1788Portland, Maine, Cumberland Gazette, 18 September 1788Caleb Evans to James Manning, Down End, Near Bristol, England, 20 September 1788 (excerpt)William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 30 September 1788Boston Herald of Freedom, 2 October 1788Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney, New York, 6 October 1788William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 13 October 1788A Friend to the Union, Providence Gazette, 18 October 1788Peleg Arnold to Governor John Collins, New York, 20 October 1788 (excerpt)Rhodiensis, Newport Herald, 23 October 1788The Rhode Island General Assembly, Providence, 29 October–1 November 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 29 October 1788Newport Herald, 6 November 1788Hartford American Mercury, 10 November 1788Newport Herald, 20 November 1788A Rhode-Islander, Newport Herald, 20 November 1788Town Meetings Called to Consider New York’s Circular Letter, 22 November–29 December 1788Newport Herald, 27 November 1788William Ellery to Abraham Baldwin, Newport, December 1788 (excerpt)Massachusetts Centinel, 3 December 1788Brown & Benson to Champion & Dickason, Providence, 17 December 1788 (excerpts)Samuel Hodgdon to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, 17 December 1788 (excerpt)Massachusetts Centinel, 27 December 1788 IV. The Debate over the Constitution in Rhode Island, 1 January 1789–12 January 1790IntroductionThe Rhode Island General Assembly, South Kingstown, 1 January 1789Providence Gazette, 10 January 1789William Ellery to Ebenezer Hazard, Newport, 12 January 1789 (excerpt)Boston Herald of Freedom, 16 January 1789Newport Herald, 22 January 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 22 January 1789John Brown to Christopher Champlin, Providence, 16 February 1789William Ellery to Ebenezer Hazard, Newport, 16 February 1789 (excerpt)An Independent Elector, Providence United States Chronicle, 5 March 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 5 March 1789Massachusetts Centinel, 7 March 1789Providence Town Meeting: Instructions to Deputies, 10 March 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 10 March 1789 (excerpt)The Rhode Island General Assembly, East Greenwich, 11–13 March 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 12 March 1789Newport Herald, 19 March 1789 (excerpt)Newport Herald, 26 March 1789Gentlemen of Providence to George Washington, Providence, 27 March 1789Gentlemen of Providence to John Adams, Providence, 2 April 1789Newport Herald, 2 April 1789Marplot, Jun., Newport Herald, 9 April 1789A Freeman, Newport Herald, 9 April 1789Newport Herald, 9 April 1789Cranston Town Meeting, 15 April 1789 (excerpts)Newport Town Meeting, 15 April 1789 (excerpts)New York Gazette of the United States, 15 April 1789 (excerpt)James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, New York, 19 April 1789 (excerpt)Jeremiah Wadsworth to Welcome Arnold and Brown & Francis, Hartford, Conn., 19 April 1789Jeremy Belknap to Ebenezer Hazard, Boston, 20 April 1789 (excerpt)William Richmond to Silas Talbot, Little Compton, 20 April 1789 (excerpt)Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 21 April 1789 (excerpt)Providence United States Chronicle, 23 April 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 25 April 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 28 April 1789Enos Hitchcock to Silas Talbot, Providence, 29 April 1789 (excerpt)William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 30 April 1789A Friend to the State, Newport Herald, 30 April 1789Newport Herald, 30 April 1789Nicholas Brown and Brown & Francis to Richard Henry Lee, Providence, 1 May 1789Providence Town Meeting, 2 May 1789 (excerpt)Ebenezer Hazard to Jeremy Belknap, New York, 2 May 1789 (excerpt)Brown & Benson to Champion & Dickason, Providence, 7 May 1789 (excerpt)The Rhode Island General Assembly, Newport, 7–9 May 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 14 May 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 14 May 1789Providence Gazette, 16 May 1789John Adams to Jabez Bowen, New York, 18 May 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 19 May 1789William Ellery to William Duer, Newport, 21 May 1789James Manning to Nicholas Brown, New York, 21 May 1789Mathew Carey to Christopher Carey, Philadelphia, 23 May 1789 (excerpt)Providence Gazette, 23 May 1789Providence Gazette, 23 May 1789New York Gazette of the United States, 27–30 May 1789Detector, Newport Herald, 28 May 1789Cosmo, Newport Herald, 28 May 1789Newport Herald, 28 May 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 28 May 1789Royal Flint to John Collins, New York, 30 May 1789Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot, New York, 31 May 1789 (excerpt)William Ellery to Nathaniel Appleton, Newport, 1 June 1789Barrington Town Meeting, 1 June 1789 (excerpts)Portsmouth Town Meeting, 1 June 1789 (excerpts)U.S. House of Representatives Considers Rhode Island, New York, 1, 4, 5 June 1789Newport Herald, 4 June 1789A Native American, New York Packet, 6 June 1789James Jackson: Speech in U.S. House of Representatives, New York, 8 June 1789 (excerpt)James Sullivan to John Adams, Boston, 10 June 1789Massachusetts Centinel, 10 June 1789Newport Herald, 11 June 1789The Rhode Island General Assembly, Newport, 11–12 June 1789Newport Herald, 11 June 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 15 June 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 16 June 1789John Adams to James Sullivan, New York, 18 June 1789 (excerpt)Providence Gazette, 20 June 1789Newport Herald, 25 June 1789John Adams to Jabez Bowen, New York, 26 June 1789George Benson to Theodore Sedgwick, Providence, 27 June 1789New York Gazette of the United States, 1 July 1789New York Gazette of the United States, 1 July 1789Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot, New York, 9 July 1789 (excerpt)William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 13 July 1789Henry Marchant to John Adams, Newport, 16 July 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 21 July 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 22 July 1789Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot, New York, 23 July 1789State Gazette of North Carolina, 23 July 1789George Lux to George Read, Baltimore, 28 July 1789 (excerpt)Providence Gazette, 1 August 1789Philadelphia Federal Gazette, 6 August 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 10 August 1789John Adams to Henry Marchant, New York, 18 August 1789Newport Mercury, 19 August 1789A Freeman, Providence United States Chronicle, 20 August 1789John Brown to John Adams, Providence, 24 August 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 24 August 1789Barrington Town Meeting, 25 August 1789Providence Town Meetings, 25, 27 August 1789Newport Town Meetings, 27, 28 August 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 27 August 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 29 August 1789James Manning to James Madison, Providence, 29 August 1789Henry Marchant to John Adams, Newport, 29 August 1789Providence Gazette, 29 August 1789Providence Gazette, 29 August 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 31 August 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 31 August 1789Citizens of Newport to Henry Marchant, Newport, 31 August 1789Newport Mercury, 2 September 1789Newport Herald, 3 September 1789Providence Gazette, 5 September 1789William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 8 September 1789 (excerpt)New York Gazette of the United States, 12 September 1789John Adams to John Brown, New York, 15 September 1789Brown & Benson to Jenckes, Winsor & Company, Providence, 15 September 1789 (excerpt)The Rhode Island General Assembly, Newport, 16–19 September 1789James Manning to Nicholas Brown, New York, 16 September 1789 (excerpt)Massachusetts Centinel, 16 September 1789John Adams to Henry Marchant, New York, 17 September 1789 (excerpt)Providence United States Chronicle, 17 September 1789John Adams to Jabez Bowen, New York, 18 September 1789Nathan Angell, Jr., to Nathan Angell, Providence, 24 September 1789 (excerpt)Worcester Massachusetts Spy, 24 September 1789An American, Massachusetts Centinel, 30 September 1789Pennsylvania Packet, 1 October 1789Brown & Benson to Hewes & Anthony, Providence, 2 October 1789President George Washington to Governor John Collins, New York, 2 October 1789Olney Winsor to Samuel Winsor III, Alexandria, Va., 6 October 1789 (excerpts)Massachusetts Centinel, 7 October 1789George Washington to Gouverneur Morris, New York, 13 October 1789 (excerpt)The Rhode Island General Assembly, East Greenwich, 15–17 October 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 15 October 1789Philadelphia Federal Gazette, 16 October 1789Providence Gazette, 17 October 1789Town Meetings to Instruct Deputies on a State Convention, 19 October 1789Newport Mercury, 21 October 1789Providence Town Meeting, 24 October 1789 (excerpts)Jabez Bowen to George Washington, Providence, 25 October 1789Jenckes, Winsor & Company to Brown & Benson, Alexandria, Va., 28 October 1789 (excerpt)New York Gazette of the United States, 28 October 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 29 October 1789The Rhode Island General Assembly, South Kingstown, 29 October 1789A Real Old Whig, Massachusetts Centinel, 4 November 1789Massachusetts Centinel, 4 November 1789Massachusetts Centinel, 11 November 1789Louis-Guillaume Otto to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 5 December 1789 (excerpts)James Manning to Timothy Green, Providence, 9 December 1789 (excerpt)William Ellery to Benjamin Huntington, Newport, 12 December 1789 (excerpt)The Reception in Rhode Island of the News of North Carolina’s Ratification of the Constitution, 12–17 December 1789Jabez Bowen to George Washington, Providence, 15 December 1789Henry Marchant to John Adams, Newport, 19 December 1789 (excerpts)Providence Gazette, 19 December 1789Massachusetts Centinel, 23 December 1789George Washington to Jabez Bowen, New York, 27 December 1789Jabez Bowen to John Adams, Providence, 28 December 1789“Z.”, Newport Mercury, 30 December 1789Providence United States Chronicle, 31 December 1789Philadelphia Federal Gazette, 1 January 1790William Ellery to Nathaniel Appleton, Newport, 2 January 1790 (excerpt)Providence Gazette, 2 January 1790A Federalist, Newport Mercury, 6 January 1790Philanthropos, Newport Herald, 7 January 1790Benjamin Bourne to Silas Talbot, Providence, 9 January 1790 (excerpt)Warwick Town Meetings, 9, 12 January 1790East Greenwich Town Meeting, 11 January 1790Caleb Gannett to John Mellen, Cambridge, Mass., 12 January 1790 (excerpt) V. Calling and Electing a State Convention, 12 January–16 February 1790V–A. The General Assembly Calls a State Convention, 12–30 January 1790V–A. The General Assembly Calls a State Convention, 12–30 January 1790 [Editorial Note]Jabez Bowen and Others to Christopher Champlin and George Gibbs, Providence, 12 January 1790Newspaper Report of Legislative Proceedings, Friday, 15 January 1790Newspaper Reports of Legislative Proceedings, 15–17 January 1790Daniel Owen’s Bill Calling Town Meetings to Give Instructions on the New Constitution, 17 January 1790Rhode Island Act Calling a Convention to Consider the Constitution, 17 January 1790Rhode Island Resolution Requesting the Governor to Apply to Congress to Suspend Acts Against Rhode Island, 17 January 1790Governor John Collins to President George Washington, 18 January 1790Commentaries on the Legislature’s Calling a State Convention, 17–30 January 1790 V–B. The Election of Convention Delegates, 28 January–16 February 1790V–B. The Election of Convention Delegates, 28 January–16 February 1790 [Editorial Note]Providence United States Chronicle, 28 January 1790Convention of Freemen of Providence, Kent, and Washington Counties: Advice to Voters on Choosing Convention Delegates 2 February 1790Brown & Benson to Hewes & Anthony, Providence, 4 February 1790 (excerpt)A Friend to Justice and Freedom, Providence United States Chronicle, 4 February 1790An independent Elector, Providence United States Chronicle, 4 February 1790A Friend to Freedom of Election, Providence United States Chronicle, 4 February 1790Providence Gazette, 6 February 1790A Freeman, Providence Gazette, 6 February 1790Providence Gazette, 6 February 1790Town Meetings Elect Convention Delegates, 8 February 1790Commentaries on the Outcome of the Election of Convention Delegates, 12–16 February 1790 