From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 11 June 1790
To the United States Senate and House of Representatives
United States [New York] June 11th 1790
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives,
I have directed my Secretary to lay before you a copy of the ratification of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States by the State of North Carolina; together with an extract from a letter, accompanying said ratification, from the Governor of the State of North Carolina to the President of the United States.1
Go: Washington
LS, DNA: RG 46, First Congress, 1789–91, Records of Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages; copy, DNA: RG 233, Journals; LB, DLC:GW.
1. The North Carolina general assembly ratified all twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution on 22 Dec. 1789 ( 25:20–21). Gov. Alexander Martin of North Carolina notified GW of the ratification in a letter dated 25 May 1790, which also acknowledged receipt of GW’s letter of 20 Feb. 1790 (Martin to GW, 25 May 1790, Nc-Ar: Governor’s Letterbook; see also GW’s Circular to the Governors, 20 Feb. 1790, DLC:GW). GW’s letter to the Senate and House of Representatives reporting the ratification of the amendments was read in both Houses on 11 June ( 1:345–46, 3:457, 591–92).