THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION Ratification of the Constitution by the States NORTH CAROLINA [Supplement] Editors JOHN P. KAMINSKI CHARLES H. SCHOENLEBER JONATHAN M. REID GASPARE J. SALADINO MARGARET R. FLAMINGO TIMOTHY D. MOORE DAVID P. FIELDS DUSTIN M. COHAN THOMAS H. LINLEY Editorial Assistants SARAH K. DANFORTH ANNA M. BIERMEIER CHRISTOPHER S. BERRY MADISON WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS 2 0 2 0 Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... vi Symbols ........................................................................................................................................................... vii Part I Documents (Transcriptions) .................................................................................................................. 1 1. Pennsylvania Packet, 7 July 1787 ................................................................................................................. 1 2. William Blount to Governor Richard Caswell, New York, 19 July 1787 .................................................. 2 3. Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 19 July 1787 ................................................................................................... 4 4. Hugh Williamson to James Iredell, Philadelphia, 22 July 1787 ................................................................. 4 5. New York Daily Advertiser, 23 July 1787 ................................................................................................... 4 6. Archibald Maclaine to James Iredell, Wilmington, N.C., 29 August 1787 ............................................... 4 7. James Iredell to Hannah Iredell, Halifax, N.C., 21 October 1787 ............................................................ 5 8. James White to William Blount, Philadelphia, 25 October 1787 ............................................................. 6 9. Maryland Journal, 6 November 1787 .......................................................................................................... 6 10. To Henry Lutterloch, Wilmington, N.C., 10 November 1787 ................................................................ 6 11. William Attmore: Journal of a Tour to North Carolina, 29 November 1787 ......................................... 7 12. State Gazette of North Carolina, 29 November 1787 ............................................................................... 7 13. Draft Bill Enforcing the Attendance of Freeholders at Elections 29 November 1787 ................................................................................................................................ 7 14. North Carolina General Assembly: Balloting for Place for Holding the Convention and General Assembly, 6 December 1787 ...................................................................... 8 15. Governor Richard Caswell to the North Carolina General Assembly Tarborough, N.C., 10 December 1787 ................................................................................................ 8 16. Pennsylvania Packet, 20 December 1787 .................................................................................................. 9 17. New York Daily Advertiser, 21 December 1787 ...................................................................................... 9 18. North Carolina General Assembly: Additional Appropriation for Hodge and Blanchard, 21 December 1787 ......................................................................................... 9 19. North Carolina House of Commons, 21 December 1787 ..................................................................... 10 20. William Attmore: Journal of a Tour to North Carolina, 21 December 1787 ....................................... 10 21. Governor Edmund Randolph to Governor Richard Caswell Richmond, Va., 27 December 1787 ................................................................................................... 10 22. William Hooper to James Iredell, Hillsborough, N.C., c. December 1787.......................................... 10 23. Gazette of the State of Georgia, 10 January 1787 ................................................................................... 11 24. Pennsylvania Mercury, 10 January 1788 .................................................................................................. 12 25. James Madison to George Washington, New York, 14 January 1788 ................................................... 12 26. New York Journal, 17 January 1788 ........................................................................................................ 12 27. Governor Samuel Johnston to Governor Edmund Randolph Edenton, N.C., 22 January 1788 ......................................................................................................... 12 28. Petersburg Virginia Gazette, 31 January 1788 ......................................................................................... 12 29. William Heath: Diary, 12 February 1788 ............................................................................................... 13 30. William Heath: Diary, 22 February 1788 ............................................................................................... 13 31. Maryland Journal, 29 February 1788 ....................................................................................................... 13 32.1–32.134. Hillsborough Convention Election Certificates, March 1788 ................................................ 13 33. Governor Samuel Johnston to James White, Edenton, N.C., 5 March 1788 ....................................... 13 34. Richard Dobbs Spaight to Levi Hollingsworth, New Bern, N.C., 25 April 1788 .................................. 14 35. John Skinner to John Gray Blount, Perquimans County, N.C., 21 May 1788 ...................................... 14 36. Governor Thomas Pinckney to the Governor of North Carolina Charleston, S.C., 24 May 1788 ........................................................................................................... 14 37. James Iredell to Hannah Iredell, New Bern, N.C., 27 May 1788 .......................................................... 14 38. Thomas Iredell to James Iredell, Edenton, N.C., 27 May 1788 ............................................................ 15 39. Hugh Williamson to Governor Samuel Johnston, New York, 30 May 1788 ........................................ 15 40. Samuel A. Otis to Theodore Sedgwick, New York, 6 June 1788 .......................................................... 15 41. New Haven Gazette, 12 June 1788 .......................................................................................................... 15 42. James Iredell to John Gray Blount, Edenton, N.C., 29 June 1788 ........................................................ 16 43. Andrew Craigie to Samuel Rogers, 30 June 1788 ................................................................................... 16 ii 44. James Cogswell: Diary, Scotland, Connecticut, 3 July 1788 ................................................................... 16 45. John Swann to James Iredell, New York, 7 July 1788 ............................................................................ 16 46. Joseph Martin to Secretary at War Henry Knox, Henry County, Va., 10 July 1788 ............................ 17 47. Massachusetts Centinel, 12 July 1788 ...................................................................................................... 17 48. Henry E. McCulloh to James Iredell, Newman-Street, London, 16 July 1788 ..................................... 18 49. A–M. North Carolina Convention Journal, 21 July–4 August 1788 ...................................................... 18 49-A. North Carolina Convention Journal, 21 July 1788................................................................ 18 49-B. North Carolina Convention Journal, 22 July 1788 ................................................................ 18 49-C. North Carolina Convention Journal, 23 July 1788 ................................................................ 20 49-D. North Carolina Convention Journal, 24 July 1788 ............................................................... 21 49-E. North Carolina Convention Journal, 25 July 1788 ................................................................ 22 49-F. North Carolina Convention Journal, 26 July 1788 ................................................................ 23 49-G. North Carolina Convention Journal, 28 July 1788 ............................................................... 23 49-H. North Carolina Convention Journal, 29 July 1788 ............................................................... 23 49-I. North Carolina Convention Journal, 30 July 1788 ................................................................. 24 49-J. North Carolina Convention Journal, 31 July 1788 ................................................................. 24 49-K. North Carolina Convention Journal, 1 August 1788 ............................................................ 25 49-L. North Carolina Convention Journal, 2 August 1788 ............................................................. 33 49-M. North Carolina Convention Journal, 4 August 1788 ............................................................ 36 50. North Carolina Convention, Rules, 22 July 1788 ................................................................................... 38 51. North Carolina Convention: