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B. Harrison Gray Otis Oration, Boston, 4 July (excerpt)           224
C. Enos Hitchcock Oration, Providence, 4 July (excerpt)           231
D. Simeon Baldwin Oration, New Haven, 4 July (excerpt)            235
E. James Wilson Oration, Philadelphia, 4 July (excerpts)          242
F. Francis Hopkinson: An Ode, Philadelphia, 4 July                246
G. Alexander Reinagle: The Federal March
Philadelphia, 4 July                                           248
H. William Pierce Oration, Savannah, 4 July (excerpts)            249
800. Springfield Hampshire Chronicle, 9 July                          254
801. Coxe and Frazier on Trade and the Constitution                   255
A. To James O'Neal, Philadelphia, 10 July (excerpt)               255
B. To Stephen Blackett, Philadelphia, 11 July (excerpt)           255
802. Samuel Osgood to Melancton Smith and Samuel Jones, New York, 11 July  256
803. William Stuart to Griffith Evans, New York, 11 July              258
804. Jean-Baptiste Petry to Comte de la Luzerne, Charleston, 13 July (excerpt)  260
805. Benjamin Rush: Observations on the Fourth of July
Procession in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mercury, 15 July         261
806. Pennsylvania Gazette, 16 July                                    269
807. Francis Hopkinson to Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, 17 July (excerpts)  270
808. John Adams to Arthur Lee, Braintree, Mass., 18 July              271
809. Thomas Jefferson to Edward Rutledge, Paris, 18 July (excerpt)    272
810. William Brown to William Cullen, Alexandria, Va., 19 July (excerpt)  273
811. George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Mount Vernon, 20 July  273
812. Abraham Clark to Thomas Sinnickson, New York, 23 July            275
813. A Friend of Society and Liberty, Pennsylvania Gazette, 23 July   277
814. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 24-26 July (excerpts)  286
815. Woodstock, Conn., Celebrates the Ratification of the Constitution
Massachusetts Spy, 24 July                                        288
816. William Pitt Smith: Ode on the Adoption of the Constitution
New York Journal, 24 July                                         290
817. Edward Carrington to William Short, New York, 26 July            293
818. New York Ratifies the Constitution, 26 July                      294
A. Declaration of Rights and Form of Ratification
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 29 July                          297
B. Recommendatory Amendments
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 12 August                        301
C. Circular Letter, 26 July
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 5 August                         306
819. Baron Beelen-Bertholff to Count Trauttmannsdorf
Philadelphia, 1 August (excerpt)                                  307
820. Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 2 August      308
821. North Carolina Convention Amendments, 2 August                   312
822. A Federal Song, Albany Journal, 4 August                         320
823. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, New York, 10 August (excerpt)  321
824. James Madison to George Washington, New York, 11 August          322
825. James Bowdoin to George Erving, Boston, 12 August (excerpt)      324
826. Thomas Jefferson to William Carmichael, Paris, 12 August (excerpt)  325
827. Alexander McCaul to Thomas Jefferson
Glasgow, Scotland, 14 August (excerpt)                            326
828. A Native of Boston: Thoughts Upon the Political Situation
of the United States, Worcester, 14 August                        326
829. Antoine de la Forest to Comte de la Luzerne, New York, 16 August  331
830. Louis-Guillaume Otto to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 16 August  333
831. Thomas Ruston to George Washington, Philadelphia, 17 August (excerpt)  335
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