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The report of the committee being considered, the Presi-dent put the question, whether the Convention did agree to the said report, which was carried in the affirmative.

The Convention then resolved, unanimously, that a circular letter be prepared to be laid before the different legislatures of the United States, recommending a general Convention.

Saturday, July 26, 1788.—The Convention having met, the bill of rights, and form of the ratification of the Constitution, with the amendments, were read, when the question being put, whether the same should pass, as agreed to and ratified by the Convention, it was carried in the affirmative, as follows:—

For the Affirmative.
Mr. Jay, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. P. Livingston,
Mr. Hobert, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hatfield,
Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Schenck, Mr. Van Courtland,
Mr. Robt. R. Livingston, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Crane,
Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Carman, Mr. Sarls,
Mr. Duane, Mr. Lefferts, Mr. Woodhull,
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Vandervoort, Mr. Platt,
Mr. Low, Mr. Bancker, Mr. M. Smith,
Mr. Scudder, Mr. Ryerss, Mr. G. Livingston,
Mr. Havens, Mr. L. Morris, Mr. DeWitt,
For the Negative.
Mr. R. Yates, Mr. Wynkoop, Mr. Veeder,
Mr. Lansing, Mr. Haring, Mr. Staring,
Mr. Outhoudt, Mr. Wisner, Mr. Parker,
Mr. J. Thompson, Mr. Wood, Mr. Williams,
Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Swartwout, Mr. Baker,
Mr. Cantine, Mr. Akins, Mr. Hopkins,
Mr. Schoonmaker, Mr. Harper, Mr. Van Ness,
Mr. Clark, Mr. Frey, Mr. Bay,
Mr. J. Clinton, Mr. Winn, Mr. Adgate,

Convention adjourned without day.




THE CIRCULAR LETTER,

from the Convention of the State of New York to the governors of the several states in the Union.

Poughkeepsie, July 28, 1788

Sir:

We, the members of the Convention of this state, have deliberately and maturely considered the Constitution proposed for the United States. Several articles in it appear so exceptionable to a majority of us, that nothing but the fullest confidence of obtaining a revision of them by a