Secretary of State Series | Volume 8 (1 September 1804–31 January 1805 and supplement 1776–23 June 1804) | Documents | Charles Treadwell Jr. to James Madison, 27 October 1801 (Abstract)
I. The Debate over the Constitution in New Hampshire, 18 September 1787–14 March 1788IntroductionFrom Nicholas Gilman, Philadelphia, 18 September 1787John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman. Charlestown, N.H., 22 September 1787New Hampshire Spy, 22 September 1787Editors’ Note: The Publication and Circulation of the Constitution in New Hampshire 29 September 1787–1789Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 30 September 1787New Hampshire Spy, 2 October 1787Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 3 October 1787New Hampshire Spy, 9 October 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Song “The Grand Constitution” 11–23 October 1787John Langdon to John Adams, Portsmouth, N.H., 13 October 1787 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 13 October 1787A Republican, New Hampshire Spy, 13 October 1787New Hampshire Spy, 13 October 1787“Z.,” New Hampshire Spy, 16 October 1787Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal, 17 October 1787Juvenis, New Hampshire Spy, 20 October 1787Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 23 October 1787 (excerpt)Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Governor John Hancock’s Speech to the Massachusetts General Court, 23 October 1787President John Sullivan: Thanksgiving Proclamation, Durham, N.H., 24 October 1787Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 24 October 1787 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 27 October 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of An American Citizen I and II 27 October–3 November 1787New Hampshire Spy, 30 October 1787A Friend to the Union, New Hampshire Spy, 30 October 1787Nicholas Gilman to President John Sullivan, New York, 31 October 1787 (excerpt)An Association of Christian Ministers: A Concert for Prayer Propounded to the Citizens of the United States, Exeter, N.H., c. October 1787President John Sullivan: Proclamation Calling a Special Session of the Legislature, Durham, N.H., 1 November 1787“M.,” New Hampshire Spy, 3 November 1787New Hampshire Spy, 3 November 1787John Langdon to George Washington, Portsmouth, N.H., 6 November 1787Behon, New Hampshire Recorder, 6 November 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Report of Connecticut’s Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 6 November 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Elbridge Gerry’s Letter to the Massachusetts Legislature, 6 November 1787The New Hampshire Reprintings of Excerpts from the First and Third Paragraphs of Publius, The Federalist 1, 9 and 27 November 1787Robert Sawney, New Hampshire Gazette, 9 November 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of James Wilson’s Pennsylvania State House Speech, 9–16 November 1787President John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman, Durham, N.H., 20 November 1787“M.,” New Hampshire Spy, 20 November 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of George Mason’s Objections to the New Constitution, 27–28 November 1787New Hampshire Spy, 4 December 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Newspaper Articles on the Circulation of Antifederalist Material in Connecticut, 4 December 1787–18 January 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 5 December 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Benjamin Franklin’s Last Speech in the Constitutional Convention, 7–18 December 1787John Wendell to Elbridge Gerry, Portsmouth, N.H., 15 December 1787Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 15 December 1787William Plumer to Daniel Tilton, Epping, N.H., 16 December 1787New Hampshire Recorder, 18 December 1787New Hampshire Spy, 18 December 1787Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Landholder Essays, 18 December 1787–18 April 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of James Wilson’s Speech to the Pennsylvania Convention, 18–26 December 1787Pierse Long to Nicholas Gilman, Portsmouth, N.H., 21 December 1787Probus, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 22 December 1787A Qualified Elector, New Hampshire Recorder, 1 January 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 1 January 1788New Hampshire Spy, 1 January 1788New Hampshire Spy, 1 January 1788Newburyport, Mass., Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet, 2 January 1788“Y. N.,” New Hampshire Spy, 4 January 1788Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 5 January 1788Tom Thoughtful, New Hampshire Gazette, 9 January 1788A Farmer, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 11 January 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 15 January 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 15 January 1788John Preston to John Langdon, New Ipswich, N.H., 16 January 1788 (excerpt)Alfredus, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 18 January 1788Exeter, Freeman’s Oracle, 18 January 1788New Hampshire Spy, 18 January 1788New Hampshire Spy, 18 January 1788Henry Knox to John Sullivan, New York, 19 January 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of “The New Roof” and “A.B.: The Raising” 25 January, 14 and 26 March 1788New Hampshire Spy, 25 January 1788Old Steady, New Hampshire Spy, 25 January 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 29 January 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Richard Henry Lee’s Letter to Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph, 29 January 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of George Washington’s Letters Expressing Support for the Constitution, 30 January–15 April 1788“M.,” New Hampshire Spy, 1 February 1788A Farmer, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 1 February 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Report of New York’s Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 1 February 1788A Traveller, New Hampshire Recorder, 5 February 1788Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 8 February 1788Alfredus, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 8 February 1788A Friend to the Rights of the People: Anti-Fœderalist, No. I; Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 8 February 1788A Friend to the Republic: Anti-Fœderalist, No. II; Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 8 February 1788Finis, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 8 February 1788John Sullivan to Henry Knox, Portsmouth, N.H., 11 February 1788New Hampshire Spy, 12 February 1788Massachusetts Salem Mercury, 12 February 1788William Vans Murray: Political Sketches, New Hampshire Spy, 12, 15 February 1788Newburyport, Mass., Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet, 13 February 1788 (excerpts)James Madison to George Washington, New York, 15 February 1788 (excerpt)Pennsylvania Packet, 15 February 1788A Contented Man, New Hampshire Spy, 19 February 1788Columbus, New Hampshire Spy, 19 February 1788Maryland Journal, 19 February 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Massachusetts Convention’s Amendments to the Constitution, 19 February 1788New Hampshire Mercury, 20 February 1788Winchester Virginia Gazette, 14 March 1788 II. The New Hampshire Legislature Calls a Convention, 5–15 December 1787IntroductionLyndeborough Instructs Its Representative on a Convention Town Meeting, 3 December 1787 (excerpts)President John Sullivan: Message to the New Hampshire Legislature, Portsmouth, N.H., 5 December 1787New Hampshire Spy, 7 December 1787New Hampshire Spy, 11 December 1787New Hampshire Mercury, 11 December 1787House of Representatives Proceedings, Tuesday, 11 December 1787 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Tuesday, 11 December 1787 (excerpt)House of Representatives Proceedings, Wednesday, 12 December 1787 (excerpt)House of Representatives: Draft of a Bill for Electing Delegates to State Ratifying Convention, 12 December 1787Senate Proceedings, Wednesday, 12 December 1787 (excerpts)House of Representatives Proceedings, Thursday, 13 December 1787 (excerpts)Senate Proceedings, Friday, 14 December 1787 (excerpt)Resolutions Calling a State Convention, 14 December 1787John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman, 15 December 1787 [document added in digital edition] III. The Election of Convention Delegates, 24 December 1787–11 June 1788IntroductionElection Dates for New Hampshire Convention DelegatesAmherst, 15 January 1788Atkinson and Plaistow, 21 January 1788Barrington, 4 February 1788Boscawen, 14 January 1788Campton, Holderness and Thornton, 28 January 1788Candia, 28 January 1788Chichester and Pittsfield, 24 January 1788Claremont, 7 February 1788Conway, Eaton, Burton and Locations, 15 January 1788Derryfield (Manchester), 12 February 1788Dublin and Packersfield (Nelson), 16 January 1788Dunbarton and Bow, 29 January 1788Dunstable (Nashua), 10 January 1788Epping, 21 January 1788Exeter, 7 January 1788Fishersfield, Sutton and Warner, 24 January 1788Fitzwilliam, 3 January 1788Francestown, 4 February 1788Goffstown, 21 January 1788Henniker and Hillsborough, 21 January 1788Hinsdale, 28 January 1788 Uriel Evans (A)Hollis, 22 January, 7 February 1788Hopkinton, 14 January 1788Keene, 7 January 1788Kensington, 7 January 1788Lebanon, 10, 24 January 1788Lee, 30 January 1788Litchfield, 7 January 1788Londonderry, 21 January 1788Loudon, 17, 31 January 1788Lyme and Orford, 17 January 1788Lyndeborough, 7 January 1788Marlborough, 15 January 1788Meredith and New Hampton, 5 February 1788Merrimack, 31 December 1787New Castle, 11 February 1788Newington, 28 January, 18 February 1788Newmarket, 14 January 1788Nottingham, 7 January 1788Peterborough and Society Land, 28 January 1788Plymouth, Rumney and Wentworth, 22 January 1788Portsmouth, 14 January 1788Richmond, 4 January 1788Rindge, 10 January 1788Salem, 17 January 1788Salisbury, 16 January 1788Sandwich and Tamworth, 4 February 1788Temple and Peterborough Slip, 21 January 1788Walpole, 21 January 1788Wendall and Unity, n.d.Windham, 29 January 1788 IV. The New Hampshire Convention First Session, 13–22 February 1788IntroductionDelegates to the New Hampshire ConventionThe New Hampshire Convention, Wednesday 13 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Thursday 14 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Friday 15 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Saturday 16 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Monday 18 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Tuesday 19 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Wednesday 20 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Thursday 21 February 1788The New Hampshire Convention, Friday 22 February 1788Editors’ Note: The Adjournment of the New Hampshire Convention, Exeter, N.H., 22 February 1788Commentaries on the First Session of the New Hampshire ConventionJeremy Belknap to Ebenezer Hazard, Boston, 17 February 1788 (excerpt)Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 19 February 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 19 February 1788New Hampshire Spy, 19 February 1788Benjamin Lincoln to George Washington, Boston, 20 February 1788 (excerpt)Massachusetts Centinel, 20 February 1788John Quincy Adams Diary, Exeter, N.H., 21–22 February 1788Silas Lee to George Thatcher, Biddeford, Maine, 22 February 1788 (excerpt)Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 22 February 1788Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 22 February 1788John Langdon to Rufus King, Portsmouth, N.H., 23 February 1788Massachusetts Centinel, 23 February 1788Caleb Gibbs to George Washington, Boston, 24 February 1788William Heath Diary, Roxbury, Mass., 24 February 1788Henry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 24 February 1788 (excerpts)Benjamin Lincoln to George Washington, Boston, 24 February 1788John Quincy Adams to Nathaniel Freeman, Jr., Newburyport, Mass., 25 February 1788 (excerpts)Boston American Herald, 25 February 1788Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 26 February 1788Samuel Nasson to George Thatcher Sanford, Maine, 26 February 1788 (excerpt)John Sullivan to Jeremy Belknap, Durham, N.H., 26 February 1788Massachusetts Gazette, 26 February 1788Massachusetts Salem Mercury, 26 February 1788Nathaniel Gorham to Henry Knox, Boston, 27 February 1788 (excerpt)Charles Vaughan to Benjamin Franklin, Boston, 27 February 1788 (excerpts)Massachusetts Centinel, 27 February 1788Newburyport, Mass., Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet, 27 February 1788Jeremiah Hill to George Thatcher, Biddeford, Maine, 28 February 1788 (excerpt)John Langdon to George Washington, Portsmouth, N.H., 28 February 1788John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman, Durham, N.H., 28 February 1788James Madison to George Washington, New York, 3 March 1788Boston Gazette, 3 March 1788New York Morning Post, 3 March 1788Worcester Magazine, 6 March 1788Samuel Tenney to Nicholas Gilman, Exeter, N.H., 12 March 1788 (excerpt)Samuel Lane to Paine Wingate, Stratham, N.H., 17 March 1788 (excerpts)Richmond Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, 20 March 1788Jean Toscan to Comte de la Luzerne, Portsmouth, N.H., 1 April 1788 V. The Debate over the Constitution in New Hampshire, 27 February–31 July 1788IntroductionNew Hampshire Mercury, 27 February 1788President John Sullivan: Proclamation of Prayer and Fasting, Durham, N.H., 29 February 1788Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 29 February 1788New Hampshire Spy, 29 February 1788Pierpont Edwards to Jeremiah Wadsworth, New Haven, Conn., 1 March 1788 (excerpt)Cyrus Griffin to Thomas FitzSimons, New York, 3 March 1788 (excerpt)A Federalist, Massachusetts Centinel, 5 March 1788New York Independent Journal, 5 March 1788Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 6 March 1788Samuel Phillips Savage to George Thatcher, Weston, Mass., 7 March 1788 (excerpt)John Vaughan to John Dickinson, Philadelphia, 9 March 1788 (excerpt)Samuel Blachley Webb to Joseph Barrell, New York, 9 March 1788 (excerpt)George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, Mount Vernon, 10 March 1788 (excerpt)Boston American Herald, 10 March 1788New Hampshire Spy, 11 March 1788Samuel Tenney to Nicholas Gilman, Exeter, N.H., 12 March 1788 (excerpts)Pennsylvania Gazette, 12 March 1788Norwich Packet, 13 March 1788Theophilus Dame to John Langdon, Dover, N.H., 14 March 1788 (excerpt)Massachusetts Centinel, 15 March 1788John Cox to John Stevens, Bloomsbury Farm, N.J., 17 March 1788 (excerpt)Rufus King to Tench Coxe, New York, 18 March 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 18 March 1788New Jersey Journal, 19 March 1788Nicholas Gilman to John Sullivan, New York, 22 March 1788 (excerpts)Nicholas Gilman to John Sullivan, New York, 23 March 1788New Hampshire Recorder, 25 March 1788New Hampshire Spy, 25 March 1788Massachusetts Salem Mercury, 25 March 1788Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 26 March 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 28 March 1788New Hampshire Spy, 28 March 1788Paine Wingate to Timothy Pickering, New York, 29 March 1788 (excerpts)Victor Marie DuPont to Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, New York, 1 April 1788 (excerpt)George Washington to John Langdon, Mount Vernon, 2 April 1788Paine Wingate to John Wendell, New York, 2 April 1788 (excerpt)Henry Jackson to Henry Knox, Boston, 6 April 1788 (excerpt)William Gardner to John Langdon, New York, 9 April 1788 (excerpt)Henry Knox to John Sullivan, New York, 9 April 1788New Hampshire Spy, 11 April 1788Paine Wingate to Samuel Lane, New York, 12 April 1788 (excerpt)A Federalist, Massachusetts Centinel, 12 April 1788Richard Stockton to Benjamin Rush, Boston, 14 April 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 15 April 1788New Hampshire Spy, 15, 22 April 1788Rufus King to John Langdon, New York, 16 April 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 16 April 1788Aristides, Massachusetts Spy, 16 April 1788Jeremiah Wadsworth to Henry Knox Hartford, Conn., 17 April 1788 (excerpt)Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 18 April 1788“Q.R.S.,” New Hampshire Spy, 22 April 1788George Thatcher to Pierse Long, Biddeford, Maine, 23 April 1788Edward Carrington to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 24 April 1788 (excerpt)Detecter, Massachusetts Spy, 24 April 1788New Hampshire Spy, 25 April 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Pamphlet Written by “A Citizen of New-York,” 2–23 May 1788John Langdon to Rufus King, Portsmouth, N.H., 6 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 10 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 10 May 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Amendments Proposed to the Maryland Convention, 11 May–3 June 1788Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 12 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 13 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 13 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 13 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 13 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 13 May 1788Massachusetts Gazette, 13 May 1788John Wheelock to Benjamin Lincoln, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 17 May 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of the Fabius Essays 17 May–21 June 1788John Lamb to Nathaniel Peabody, New York, 18 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 24 May 1788New Hampshire Spy, 24 May, 2 August 1788Massachusetts Salem Mercury, 27 May 1788Edward Carrington to James Madison, New York, 28 May 1788 (excerpt)Newburyport, Mass., Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet, 28 May 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 29 May 1788Tobias Lear to George Washington, Portsmouth, N.H., 2 June 1788Paine Wingate to Samuel Lane, New York, 2 June 1788 (excerpt)Thomas Bradford to John Langdon, Philadelphia, 4 June 1788The Federalist Express System Between the New Hampshire and New York Conventions, 4–16 June 1788The Federalist Express System Between the New Hampshire and New York Conventions, 4–16 June 1788 [Editorial Note]Rufus King to John Langdon, Boston, 4 June 1788Alexander Hamilton to John Sullivan, New York, 6 June 1788Rufus King to John Langdon, Boston, 10 June 1788Rufus King to Alexander Hamilton, Boston, 12 June 1788Rufus King to Henry Knox, Boston, 16 June 1788 Abraham Baldwin to Seaborn Jones, New York, 5 June 1788 (excerpt)William Carmichael to Thomas Jefferson, Aranjuez, Spain, 5 June 1788 (excerpt)Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 5 June 1788From the New York Federal Republican Committee, New York, 6 June 1788John Vaughan to John Langdon, Philadelphia, 6 June 1788 (excerpt)The Farmer, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 6 June 1788New Hampshire Spy, 7 June 1788Editors’ Note: The New Hampshire Reprinting of Amendments Proposed by the South Carolina Convention, 10–13 June 1788Joshua Atherton to John Lamb, Amherst, N.H., 11, 14 June 1788The New Hampshire Pillar Anticipated, 11–30 June 1788Rufus King to Nicholas Gilman, Boston, 12 June 1788Paine Wingate to John Wendell, New York, 12 June 1788 (excerpt)“Y.,” New Hampshire Gazette, 12 June 1788A Federal Mechanic, New Hampshire Gazette, 12 June 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 12 June 1788Massachusetts Spy, 12 June 1788Alfredus, Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 13 June 1788Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 13 June 1788William Gardner to Nicholas Gilman, Portsmouth, N.H., 14 June 1788New Hampshire Spy, 14 June 1788Joshua Wentworth to Increase Sumner, Concord, N.H., 16 June 1788William Jackson to John Langdon, Philadelphia, 18 June 1788George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Vernon, 18 June 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Gazette, 19 June 1788Senex, New Hampshire Gazette, 19 June 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 19 June 1788Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., to George Washington, Lebanon, Conn., 20 June 1788 (excerpt)Connecticut Gazette, 20 June 1788New Hampshire Spy, 21 June 1788New Hampshire Gazette, 26 June 1788Exeter Freeman’s Oracle, 4 July 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Spy, 8 July 1788Providence United States Chronicle, 24 July 1788Tobias Lear to George Washington, Portsmouth, N.H., 31 July 1788 (excerpt) VI. The New Hampshire Legislature 5–18 June 1788IntroductionSamuel Langdon: Election Sermon, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 5 June 1788 (excerpts)President John Langdon: Message to the New Hampshire Legislature and Legislative Responses, 6–11 June 1788President John Langdon: Message to the New Hampshire Legislature and Legislative Responses, 6–11 June 1788 [Editorial Note]House of Representatives Proceedings, Friday, 6 June 1788, P.M. (excerpt)House of Representatives Proceedings, Tuesday, 10 June 1788 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Tuesday, 10 June 1788 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Wednesday, 11 June 1788 (excerpt) Legislature Authorizes Pay for Convention Delegates and Officers, 10–18 June 1788House of Representatives Proceedings, Tuesday, 10 June 1788 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Tuesday, 10 June 1788 (excerpt)House of Representatives Proceedings, Friday, 13 June 1788 (excerpt)Senate Proceedings, Friday, 13 June 1788Act to Pay Members of the Ratifying Convention, 13 June 1788Senate Proceedings, Wednesday, 18 June 1788 (excerpt) VII. The New Hampshire Convention Second Session, 18–21 June 1788VIII. The Aftermath of Ratification in New Hampshire, 21 June–22 July 1788VIII–A. News of New Hampshire Ratification, 21 June–22 July 1788News of New Hampshire Ratification Sent to New York and Virginia, 21 June–10 July 1788Samuel Parker to Samuel Peters, Boston, 21, 23 June 1788 (excerpts)Tobias Lear to George Washington, Portsmouth, N.H., 22 June 1788Joshua Atherton to John Lamb. Amherst, N.H., 23 June 1788Jeremiah Libbey to Jeremy Belknap, Portsmouth, N.H., 23 June 1788Joseph Whipple to Nicholas Gilman, Portsmouth, N.H., 23 June 1788 (excerpt)New Hampshire Recorder, 24 June 1788Ezra Stiles Diary, New Haven, Conn., 25 June 1788 (excerpt)Noah Webster to Isaiah Thomas, New York, 25 June 1788 (excerpt)Paine Wingate to Hannah Wingate, New York, 25 June 1788 (excerpts)Massachusetts Centinel, 25 June 1788Newburyport, Mass., Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet, 25 June 1788Springfield, Mass., Hampshire Chronicle, 25 June 1788Boston Independent Chronicle, 26 June 1788Pittsfield, Mass., Berkshire Chronicle, 26 June 1788James Cogswell Diary, Windham, Conn., 27 June 1788 (excerpt)John Langdon to Nicholas Gilman, Portsmouth, N.H., 28 June 1788Nicholas Gilman to John Langdon, New York, 29 June 1788Henry Knox to John Sullivan, New York, 29 June 1788New York Daily Advertiser, 1 July 1788New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati Annual Meeting, Exeter, N.H., 4 July 1788 (excerpts)John Sullivan to George Washington, Durham, N.H., 7 July 1788William Jackson to John Langdon, Philadelphia, 8 July 1788 (excerpt)Charleston City Gazette, 22 July 1788 (excerpts) VIII–B. Celebrations of New Hampshire Ratification, 22 June–4 July 1788VIII–B. Celebrations of New Hampshire Ratification, 22 June–4 July 1788 [Editorial Note]Dover, N.H., 24 June 1788Exeter, N.H., 23 June 1788Hanover, N.H., 4 July 1788Keene, N.H., 30 June 1788New Ipswich, N.H., 23 June 1788Portsmouth, N.H., 26 June 1788Portsmouth Celebrates the Fourth of July 1788Alexandria, Virginia, 28 June 1788Baltimore, 28 June 1788Boston, 22 June 1788Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 26 June 1788Frederickstown, New York, 2 July 1788Lexington, Massachusetts, 23 June 1788Newburyport, Massachusetts, 24 June 1788New Brunswick, New Jersey, 27 June 1788New Haven, Connecticut, 25 June 1788Newport, Rhode Island, 24 June 1788New York City, 25 June 1788Philadelphia, 26 June 1788Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 4 July 1788Portland, Maine, 25 June 1788Providence, Rhode Island, 24 June 1788Editors’ Note: Providence Celebrates the Fourth of July and New Hampshire’s Ratification of the Constitution, 26 June–17 July 1788Salem, Massachusetts, 23 June 1788Staunton, Virginia, 4 July 1788Windham, Connecticut, 25 June 1788Woodstock, Connecticut, 4 July 1788General Commentaries on Celebrations 