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Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 25 June 1788

Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates

[Poughkeepsie, 25 June 1788]

Mr. Jay— It does not appear that there is at present a Disposition to consider farther at present the Clause or Amendmt.

But let it be considered that this Country if the Govt. Organized will be under the Controul and direction of the national Govt as the State Officers are under the Controul of the State Govt—

Should the State interfere in or regulate the Election of State officers— … Mr. Jay— The Will of the People is to be the Law— But the Quest[ion] recurrs

AD, NHi: McKesson notes (EJ: 13422). For the complete notes of debates for 25 June, in which Smith, AH, RRL, Samuel Jones, George Clinton, Richard Morris, John Lansing Jr., and Gilbert Livingston also participated, see 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 , 22: 1877–1908.

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    “Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 25 June 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0007. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 22.]