DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1787-1870 DERIVED FROM THE RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND ROLLS DEPOSITED IN THE BUREAU OF ROLLS AND LIBRARY OF CONTENTS. PAGE. LETTER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION TO THE PRESIDENT I 3 . RESOLUTION OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION SUBMITTING THE CONSTITUTION TO 20 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS SUBMITTING THE CONSTITUTION TO THE SEVERAL 22 CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF CONGRESS TRANSMITTING COPY OF THE 23 (Ratifications of the Constitution: Delaware, 24-Pennsylvania, 27-New Jersey, 46-Georgia, 65-Connecticut, 86-Massachusetts, 90-Maryland, 97—South Carolina, 123-New Hampshire, 141–Virginia, 145-New York, 174-North Carolina, 266-Rhode Island, 291-Vermont, 371.) PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING AMENDATORY ARTICLES TO THE SEVERAL 161, 204 (Ratifications: New Jersey, 325-Maryland, 330-North Carolina, 335-South Carolina, 340--New Hampshire, 345—Delaware, 347—Pennsylvania, 352, 367-New York, 357-Rhode Island, 363-Vermont, 374-Virginia, 385.) RECOMMENDATION OF "SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS" BY VIRGINIA RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING ELEVENTH AMENDMENT 321 377 (Ratifications: Virginia, 392-Kentucky, 394-Maryland, 397-Connecticut, 401-North Carolina, 402—South Carolina, 405.) 391 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING TWELFTH AMENDMENT (Ratifications: Maryland, 411–Virginia, 414—Ohio, 417-Pennsylvania, 423— Vermont, 427-Rhode Island, 430-New Jersey, 433-Georgia, 440—Tennessee, 447.) 408 (Rejection by Connecticut, 437.) ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY KENTUCKY OF THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE 451 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, RESPECTING 452 (Ratifications: Maryland, 454-Kentucky, 460—Ohio, 463-Delaware, 466— Pennsylvania, 469-New Jersey, 474-Vermont, 478-Tennessee, 481-Georgia, 486-North Carolina, 493—New Hampshire, 497.) (Rejections: New York, 500-Connecticut, 502-South Carolina, 508-Rhode Island, 514.) III RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, RESPECTING (Ratification by Illinois, 518.) RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT (Ratifications: Rhode Island, 522-Illinois, 523-Michigan, 525—Maryland, DECLARATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT (Ratifications: Connecticut, 641-New Hampshire, 645-Tennessee, 653-New PAGE. 516 520 636 638 DECLARATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE CONDITIONALLY ANNOUNCING THE 783 DECLARATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE POSITIVELY ANNOUNCING THE 788 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PROPOSING FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT (Ratifications: Nevada, 797—North Carolina, 800—West Virginia, 803—Louisi- DECLARATION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE FIF- 795 893 |