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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03798-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 14, 1788
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Edward Carrington
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Informs Carrington, a Continental Congressman, of Massachusetts' ratification of the Constitution. Reports that those at the convention who previously opposed the Constitution have "declared their intention of uniting their influence in support of the constitution." Notes that [Elbridge] Gerry, who sat in but did not participate in the Massachusetts ratifying convention, has also pledged himself to the Constitution. Discusses the interests of some of the Constitution's opponents. Encloses papers describing the celebration in Boston after its passage. Notes that the New Hampshire ratification convention met the previous day.
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