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Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 17 July 1788

Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates

[[Poughkeepsie,] Thursday— 17th July [1788]]

Jay— no difficulty—first take a vote &ca as Ham[ilton]—…

Jay— cannot be before us till after the questn—…

Jay— out of order—questn. must be first taken on the Resolution—…

Jay— thinks the Gent. is in order— he thinks we should adj[our]n—& wants to give his reasons— the state—is this— A mode of adoption is on the table— we think it would be injurious & therefore wish an adj[ournmen]t— he lays down reasons which become premisses from which we draw conclusions— Admits we all wish to be in the Union—

AD, NN: Gilbert Livingston’s notes (EJ: 13430); DHRC description begins John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber, and Margaret A. Hogan, eds. Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (28 vols. to date; Madison, Wis., 1976–) description ends , 23: 2193, 2194.

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