Alexander Hamilton Papers

New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 3, [3 July 1788]

New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 31

[Poughkeepsie, New York, July 3, 1788]

Mr. Hamilton explained—

I suppose It intends that a Vessel bound from one State to another—

If she puts into any port in another State [to] which She is bound She shall not there be Obliged [to] enter clear or pay Duties

John McKesson MS Notes, New-York Historical Society, New York City.

1. H’s remarks were made in reply to Melancton Smith’s request that H explain the clause in the Constitution which reads: “Nor shall Vessels bound to or from one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.”

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    New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 3, [3 July 1788]
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    McKesson, John
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    3 July 1788

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    “New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 3, [3 July 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-05-02-0012-0055. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 5, June 1788 – November 1789, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 146.]