Geographical Distribution of the Vote of the Thirteen States on the Federal Constitution, 1787-8

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Norm - The library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin has been generously Opened for my use by the secretary, Mr. Reuben gold Thwaites. It has furnished me with most of the material necessary for this paper, but I have supplemented its resources by correspondence with historical investigators and collectors who were able to furnish me needed documents. In particular I am indebted to the following gentlemen, whose cour tesy I desire to acknowledge: A. S. Batchellor, editor Of the New Hampshire State Papers, Littleton, New hampshire;_henry P. Rolfe, J. B. Walker, and O. G. Hammond, of Con cord, New Hampshire; A. S. Chapman, town clerk, Simsbury, Connecticut; Wm. E. Fos ter, Librarian of Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island; Sidney S. Rider, Providence, Rhode Island; J. L. Harrison, Assistant Librarian, New York State Library, Albany, New York; F. D. Stone, Librarian Of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wm. H. Egle, State Librarian of State Library of Pennsyl vania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lyman P. Powell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Austin Scott, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Morris R. Hamilton, State Libra rian, New Jersey State Library, Trenton, New Jersey; Bernard C. Steiner, Librarian of Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland; R. A. Brock, Secretary Of the Southern Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia; Wm. M. Laughlin, Lexington, Virginia; Wm. Wirt Henry, Richmond, Virginia; Stephen B Weeks, formerly Of Trinity College, Dur ham, North Carolina; J 08. Blount Cheshire, J r., Charlotte, North Carolina; R. Means Davis, South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina; and especially to Professor Chas. H. Haskins, of the University Of Wisconsin.