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New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks, [23 July 1788]

New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks1

[Poughkeepsie, New York, July 23, 1788]

Ham[ilton]—thinks we ought to proceed on the report—& if any gent[leman] wishes to introduce an amend[men]t he has a right to do it.

Gilbert Livingston MS Notes, MS Division, New York Public Library.

1. For a discussion of the debates on July 23 and of the decisions made by the Convention on that date, see “New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 24.”

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    “New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks, [23 July 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0012-0098. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 192.]