Title page from The Debates in the Several State Conventions vol. 1

Part of: The Debates in the Several State Conventions 5 vols The Debates in the Several State Conventions vol. 1

Vol. 1 of an influential early 19th century edition of key documents about the ratification of the US Constitution by the states.

Key Quotes

Politics & Liberty

We, the delegates of the people of the state of New York, duly elected and met in Convention, having maturely considered the Constitution for the United States of America, agreed to on the 17th day of September, in the year 1787, by the Convention then assembled at Philadelphia, in the commonwealth…