Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 [Tariff resolution of North Carolina Constitutional Convention]

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GLC#
GLC04839
Type
Documents
Date
1788/08/02
Author/Creator
Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816
Title
[Tariff resolution of North Carolina Constitutional Convention]
Place Written
Raleigh, North Carolina
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Signed as president of the convention, countersigned by John Hunt as secretary. States that the North Carolina Convention decided to neither ratify nor reject the new Constitution, and resolved to impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if tariffs were imposed on North Carolina. At a second convention on 21 November 1789, North Carolina ratified the Constitution.

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