Ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island (1)
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Kaminski, John P.; Schoenleber, Charles H.; Saladino, Gaspare J.; Leffler, Richard; Reid, Jonathan M.; Flamingo, Margaret R.; Conley, Patrick T.; Moore, Timothy D., Editor
Ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island (1)
(The documentary history of the ratification of the Constitution, 24)
Madison, Wisconsin: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 2011
v. ; 24 cm
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.DHRCv24
Contents
[Cover] Ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island [1]
[Title page] Volume XXIV: ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island [1], pp. [iii]-[iv]
[Dedication], pp. [v]-[vi]
Contents, pp. vii-xiii
Acknowledgments, pp. xiv-xvi
Organization, pp. xvii-xix
Editorial procedures, p. xx
General ratification chronology, 1786-1791, pp. xxi-xxiii
Calendar for the years 1787-1790, pp. xxiv-xxv
Introduction, pp. xxvi-xlvi
Note on sources, pp. xlvii-lxv
Symbols, pp. lxvi-lxviii
Rhode Island chronology, 1772-1790, pp. lxix-lxxiii
Officers of the state of Rhode Island, 1786-1790, p. lxxiv
The Rhode Island legislature, 1786-1790, pp. lxxv-lxxxi ff.
The ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island [1], pp. [1]-[2]
I. The debate over the Constitution in Rhode Island, 20 August 1787-22 March 1788, pp. 3-120
II. The Rhode Island referendum on the Constitution, 24 March 1788, p. 121
II-A. The General Assembly calls for a referendum on the Constitution, 27 February-20 March 1788, pp. 121-151
II-B. Freemen vote in town meetings on the Constitution, 24 March-23 April 1788, pp. 151-228
II-C. The General Assembly considers the referendum results and the Constitution, 31 March-1 May 1788, pp. 229-237
III. The debate over the Constitution in Rhode Island, 27 March-17 December 1788, pp. 238-[310]
Biographical gazetteer, pp. 311-316
Glossary of frequently used terms, pp. 317-320
Appendix I: Rhode Island population: 1774, 1776, 1782, 1790, p. 321
Appendix II: The report of the Constitutional Convention, 17 September 1787, pp. 322-335 ff.
Rhode Island freeman vote on the Constitution: referendum results by town, 24 March 1788
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