Debates and proceedings in the Convention of the commonwealth of Massachusetts held in the year 1788 and which finally ratified the Constitution of the United States / printed by authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856.

Boston : William White, printer to the Commonwealth, 1856.

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"It will be observed that three separate and independent records of the proceedings of the Convention are included within this volume. The first is the Official journal kept by the Secretary of the Convention, occupying pages 29 to 94, inclusive. The second is the Report of debates, taken by the editors of the newspapers, occupying pages 95 to 284, inclusive. The third is Judge Parson's Minutes, occupying pages 285 to 320, inclusive ... The first and third of these records are here printed for the first time. The second is printed from the volume published in 1808, which was the second edition of the Debates." Preface, page vii.
Edited by Brandford K. Peirce and Charles Hale, whose initials appear on page vii, Preface.
Includes index.

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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)

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Print version: Massachusetts. Convention (1788). Debates and proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, held in the year 1788, and which finally ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856. Boston: : William White, printer to the Commonwealth., 1856 (OCoLC)4279241

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