New York

by Hogan, Margaret A.

• ISBN13: 9780870203596
• ISBN10: 0870203592
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-30
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

Summary

The second of five planned volumes documenting New York State¿s public and private debates about the Constitution and the calling of the state ratifying convention, featuring almost 275 newspaper items and letters, New York ratification chronologies, lists of New York officeholders, and many other important documents and editor¿s notes. Distributed for the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Author Biography

John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, and Richard Leffler have been editing this series since 1970. Charles H. Schoenleber joined the staff in 1987.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xvii
Organization	xix
Editorial Procedures	xxi
General Ratification Chronology, 1786-1791	xxii
Calendar for the Years 1787-1788	xxv
Symbols	xxvi
New York Chronology, 1777-1790	xxix
Officers of the State of New York, 1787-1788	xxxiii
I. THE DEBATE OVER THE CONSTITUTION IN NEW YORK 21 July 1787-31 January 1788 (continued)
Giles Hickory, New York American Magazine, 1 January 1788	553	(3)
Jemima Loveleap, New York American Magazine, 1 January	556	(2)
Twenty-seven Subscribers, New York Journal, 1 January	558	(1)
Observer, New York Journal, 1 January	559	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 31, New York Packet, 1 January See CC:403	560	(1)
New York Packet, 1 January	560	(1)
Lansingburgh Northern Centinel, 1 January	561	(2)
Advertisement for the Book Edition of The Federalist New York Independent Journal, 2 January	563	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 32-33, New York Independent Journal, 2 January See CC:405	565	(1)
Philadelphia Freeman's Journal, 2 January	565	(1)
Brutus VII, New York Journal, 3 January	566	(6)
Cato VII, New York Journal, 3 January	572	(3)
Examiner V, New York Journal, 4 January	575	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 34, New York Packet, 4 January See CC:416	576	(1)
§Editors' Note: New York Reprinting of New England's Response to the Federal Farmer's Letters to the Republican, 4 January	576	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 35, New York Independent Journal, 5 January See CC:418	577	(1)
New York Journal, 7 January	577	(1)
New York Journal, 7 January	577	(1)
Walter Rutherfurd to John Rutherfurd, New York, 8, 15 January	578	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 36, New York Packet, 8 January See CC:426	579	(1)
§Editors' Note: New York Reprinting of Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph's 10 October 1787 Letter to the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates 8 January-April 1788	579	(2)
Country Federalist, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 9 January	581	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 29, New York Independent Journal, 9 January See CC:429	582	(1)
Albany Gazette, 10, 17 January	582	(1)
New York Journal and the Post Office, 10 January-25 March	582	(11)
New York Journal, 10 January	585	(1)
New York Journal, 23 January	585	(1)
Albany Gazette, 7 February	586	(1)
New York Journal, 25 February	586	(1)
New York Journal, 10 March	587	(1)
New York Journal, 20 March	587	(1)
New York Journal, 21 March	587	(1)
A True Federalist, New York Journal, 25 March	588	(5)
Brutus VIII, New York Journal, 10 January	593	(4)
A Countryman IV (De Witt Clinton), New York Journal, 10 January	597	(3)
Abraham Van Vechten to Henry Oothoudt and Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Johnstown, 11 January	600	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 37, New York Daily Advertiser, 11 January See CC:440	601	(1)
From William Constable, New York, 12 January	602	(1)
Richard Sill to Jeremiah Wadsworth, Albany, 12 January	602	(1)
Americanus VI, New York Daily Advertiser, 12 January	603	(5)
Publius: The Federalist 38, New York Independent Journal, 12 January See CC:442	608	(1)
Samuel Blachley Webb to Joseph Barrel], New York, 13 January	608	(1)
Lewis Morris, Sr., to Lewis Morris, Jr., Morrisania, 13 January	609	(1)
Hugh Ledlie to John Lamb, Hartford, 15 January	610	(3)
§Editors' Note: New York Reprinting of Luther Martin's Genuine Information 15 January-7 April 1788	613	(2)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 16 January	615	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 39, New York Independent Journal, 16 January See CC:452	616	(1)
Albany Gazette, 17 January (supplement)	616	(1)
Brutus IX, New York Journal, 17 January	617	(6)
A Countryman V (De Witt Clinton), New York Journal, 17 January	623	(2)
New York Morning Post, 17 January	625	(1)
Curtiopolis, New York Daily Advertiser, 18 January	625	(4)
Publius: The Federalist 40, New York Packet, 18 January See CC:458	629	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 41, New York Independent Journal, 19 January See CC:463	629	(1)
Americanus VII, New York Daily Advertiser, 21 January	629	(5)
A Countryman V (Hugh Hughes), New York Journal, 22 January	634	(3)
Publius: The Federalist 42, New York Packet, 22 January See CC:466	637	(1)
Abraham G. Lansing to Abraham Yates, Jr., Albany, 23 January	637	(1)
Melancton Smith to Abraham Yates, Jr., New York, 23 January	638	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 43, New York Independent Journal, 23 January See CC:469	639	(1)
New York Journal, 23 January	639	(5)
Sidney, Albany Gazette, 24 January	644	(8)
A Citizen, Hudson Weekly Gazette, 24 January	652	(1)
Brutus X, New York Journal, 24 January	653	(5)
Expositor I, New York Journal, 24, 31 January, and 7 February	658	(8)
Publius: The Federalist 44, New York Packet, 25 January See CC:476	666	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 45, New York Independent Journal, 26 January See CC:478	667	(1)
Charles Tillinghast to Hugh Hughes, New York, 27-28 January	667	(4)
Melancton Smith to Abraham Yates, Jr., New York, 28 January	671	(1)
Staats Morris to Lewis Morris, Jr., New York, 29 January	672	(1)
From John Williams, Poughkeepsie, 29 January	673	(1)
A Citizen, Lansingburgh Northern Centinel, 29 January	674	(3)
Publius: The Federalist 46, New York Packet, 29 January See CC:483	677	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 47, New York Independent Journal, 30 January See CC:486	677	(1)
Philadelphia Freeman's Journal, 30 January	678	(1)
Abraham G. Lansing to Abraham Yates, Jr., Albany, 31 January	678	(1)
A Citizen, Hudson Weekly Gazette, 31 January	679	(1)
Brutus XI, New York Journal, 31 January	680	(7)
II. THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE CALLS A CONVENTION 11 January-1 February 1788
Introduction	687	(4)
New York Journal, 3 January 1788	691	(1)
New York Journal, 8 January	691	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Friday, 11 January	691	(1)
Senate Proceedings, Friday, 11 January	692	(1)
Governor George Clinton: Speech to the New York Legislature Poughkeepsie, 11 January	692	(2)
Assembly Proceedings, Friday, 11 January	694	(1)
Senate Proceedings, Friday, 11 January	695	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Tuesday, 15 January	695	(1)
Lansingburgh Northern Centinel, 15 January	696	(1)
Senate Proceedings, Wednesday, 16 January	696	(1)
James Madison to George Washington, New York, 20 January	696	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Saturday, 26 January	697	(1)
Senate Proceedings, Saturday, 26 January	698	(1)
Philip Schuyler to Stephen Van Rensselaer, Poughkeepsie, 27 January	699	(2)
Assembly Proceedings, Monday, 28 January	701	(1)
Senate Proceedings, Monday, 28 January	701	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Tuesday, 29 January	701	(1)
Newspaper Report of Assembly Proceedings, Tuesday, 29 January	702	(1)
Newspaper Report of Assembly Proceedings Tuesday, 29 January, and Thursday, 31 January	702	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Thursday, 31 January	703	(4)
Newspaper Report of Assembly Debates, Thursday, 31 January	707	(7)
Senate Proceedings, Friday, 1 February	714	(2)
Newspaper Report of Senate Debates, Friday, 1 February	716	(12)
Assembly Proceedings, Friday, 1 February	728	(1)
From Egbert Benson, Poughkeepsie, 1 February	728	(1)
Assembly Proceedings, Saturday, 2 February	729	(1)
Samuel Jones, Jr., to Samuel Jones, New York, 6 February	729	(1)
James Madison to George Washington, New York, 8 February	730	(1)
Pennsylvania Herald, 9 February	730	(1)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 13 February	730	(1)
Joseph Barrell to Samuel Blachley Webb, Boston, 20 February	731	(1)
Providence United States Chronicle, 21 February	731	(1)
III. THE DEBATE OVER THE CONSTITUTION IN NEW YORK 1 February-26 July 1788
Introduction	732	(6)
Giles Hickory, New York American Magazine, 1 February 1788	738	(7)
Publius: The Federalist 48, New York Packet, 1 February See CC:492	745	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 49, New York Independent Journal, 2 February See CC:495	745	(1)
John Jay to George Washington, New York, 3 February	746	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 50, New York Packet, 5 February See CC:500	746	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 51, New York Independent Journal, 6 February See CC:503	747	(1)
§Editors' Note: The Importance of Massachusetts Ratification to New York 6 February	747	(4)
§Editors' Note: New York and the Massachusetts Convention's Amendments to the Constitution, 6 February	751	(3)
Fabius, Albany Gazette, 7 February	754	(2)
New York Journal, 7 February	756	(1)
Brutus XII, New York Journal, 7 February	756	(4)
Publius: The Federalist 52, New York Packet, 8 February See CC:514	760	(1)
Abraham Bancker to Evert Bancker, Staten Island, 9 February	760	(1)
Fabius, Albany Journal, 9 February	761	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 53, New York Independent Journal, 9 February See CC:519	762	(1)
From William Constable, New York, 10 February	762	(1)
Francis Silvester to De Witt Clinton, Kinderhook, 12 February	763	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 54, New York Packet, 12 February See CC:524	763	(1)
Poor S-m, New York Packet, 12 February	763	(2)
William North to Henry Knox, Albany, 13 February	765	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 55, New York Independent Journal, 13 February See CC:525	766	(1)
New York City Celebrates Massachusetts Ratification of the Constitution 13, 14, and 16 February	766	(6)
New York Packet, 15 February	769	(1)
New York Independent Journal, 16 February	769	(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 18 February	770	(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 27 February	771	(1)
Ebenezer Hazard to Jedidiah Morse, New York, 14 February	772	(1)
Brutus XII, New York Journal, 14 February	773	(3)
A Countryman VI (Hugh Hughes), New York Journal, 14 February	776	(6)
Abraham B. Bancker to Evert Bancker, Poughkeepsie, 15 February	782	(1)
Brockholst Livingston to William Livingston, 15 February	782	(1)
Nathaniel Hazard to Mathew Carey, New York, 16 February	783	(1)
"L.S.," New York Daily Advertiser, 16 February	783	(1)
Conciliator, 16 February	784	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 56, New York Independent Journal, 16 February See CC:533	785	(1)
Collin McGregor to Neil Jamieson, New York, 18 February	785	(2)
A Citizen of America, New York Daily Advertiser, 19 February	787	(3)
New York Morning Post, 19 February	790	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 57, New York Packet, 19 February See CC:542	792	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 58, New York Independent Journal, 20 February See CC:546	792	(2)
A Freeholder of the City of Albany, Albany Gazette, 21 February 792 Suilbup, Albany Gazette, 21 February	794	(1)
Brutus XIII, New York Journal, 21 February	795	(3)
Publius: The Federalist 59, New York Packet, 22 February See CC:555	798	(1)
§Editors' Note: New York and the Adjournment of the New Hampshire Convention, 22 February	798	(2)
Fabius, Albany Journal, 23 February	800	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 60, New York Independent Journal, 23 February See CC:558	802	(1)
Reports of the Burning of the Constitution in Ulster County 23 February-12 April	802	(7)
Letter Box, New York Journal, 23 February	802	(1)
New York Journal, 28 February	802	(1)
A Friend to Truth, New York Daily Advertiser, 4 March	803	(92)
A Countryman, New York Daily Advertiser, 12 March	895
A Citizen, New York Journal, 12 April	806	(3)
Ebenezer Hazard to Mathew Carey, New York, 25 February	809	(1)
Senex, Albany Journal, 25 February	809	(2)
A Citizen, Albany Federal Herald, 25 February	811	(1)
Albany Federal Herald, 25 February	812	(2)
§Editors' Note: Hugh Williamson: Speech at Edenton, N.C. New York Daily Advertiser, 25-27 February	814	(1)
A Dutchess County Farmer, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 26 February	815	(3)
Publius: The Federalist 61, New York Packet, 26 February See CC:564	818	(1)
John Howard to George Thatcher, Smithtown, 27 February	818	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 62, New York Independent Journal, 27 February See CC:569	820	(1)
New Jersey Journal, 27 February	820	(1)
Brutus XIV, New York Journal, 28 February	820	(3)
Expositor II, New York Journal, 28 February	823	(7)
John Lansing, Jr., George Metcalf, and the Writing of "A Citizen" 28 February and 1 March	830	(1)
John Lansing, Jr.: Criticism of George Metcalf for Writing "A Citizen," Albany Gazette, 28 February	831	(1)
George Metcalf Defends Himself, Albany Journal, 1 March	832	(1)
Jacob Cuyler to Philip Schuyler, Albany, 29 February	833	(1)
New York Packet, 29 February	833	(1)
The Albany Anti-Federal Committee Attempts to Establish an Antifederalist Printer in Albany, 1-23 March	834	(3)
The Albany Anti-Federal Committee to Melancton Smith, Albany, 1 March	834	(1)
Abraham G. Lansing to Abraham Yates, Jr., 2 March	835	(1)
John Lansing, Jr., and Abraham G. Lansing to John Lamb, Albany, 23 March	836	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 63, New York Independent Journal, 1 March See CC:582	837	(1)
Hannah Thomson to John Mifflin, New York, 2 March	837	(1)
Albany Journal, 3 March	837	(1)
A Citizen, Albany Federal Herald, 3 March	838	(5)
Collin McGregor to Neil Jamieson, New York, 4 March	843	(1)
A Countryman, New York Daily Advertiser, 5 March	844	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 64, New York Independent Journal, 5 March See CC:592-A	845	(1)
Timon, New York Daily Advertiser, 6 March	845	(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 6 March	845	(2)
Brutus XIV, New York Journal, 6 March	847	(4)
Lewis Morris, Sr., to Lewis Morris, Jr., Poughkeepsie, 7 March	851	(1)
Publics: The Federalist 65, New York Packet, 7 March See CC:601	852	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 66, New York Independent Journal, 8 March See CC:607	852	(1)
Henry Knox to George Washington, New York, 10 March	852	(1)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, II March	853	(1)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 11 March	853	(8)
Publics: The Federalist 67, New York Packet, 11 March See CC:612	861	(1)
Publics: The Federalist 68, New York Independent Journal, 12 March See CC:615	861	(1)
Abraham Yates, Jr., to Abraham G. Lansing, Senate Room, Poughkeepsie, 14 March	861	(1)
Publics: The Federalist 69, New York Packet, 14 March See CC:617	861	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 70, New York Independent Journal, 15 March See CC:619	862	(1)
Albany Federal Herald, 17 March	862	(1)
Fabius, Albany Federal Herald, 17 March	862	(2)
Leonard Gansevoort to Peter Gansevoort, New York, 18 March	864	(1)
Abraham Yates, Jr., to Abraham G. Lansing, Poughkeepsie, 18 March	864	(1)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 18 March	865	(3)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 18 March	868	(1)
A Lover of Truth and Decency, New York Journal, 18 March	869	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 71, New York Packet, 18 March See CC:625	871	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 72, New York Independent Journal, 19 March See CC:628	871	(1)
Brutus XV, New York Journal, 20 March	871	(5)
Publius: The Federalist 73, New York Packet, 21 March See CC:635	876	(1)
Timon, New York Daily Advertiser, 22 March	877	(1)
Publication, Sale, and Distribution in New York of Volume I of the Book Edition of The Federalist, 22 March	878	(3)
New York Independent Journal, 22 March	880	(1)
Preface	881	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 74, New York Packet, 25 March See CC:644	881	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 75, New York Independent Journal, 26 March See CC:646	881	(1)
George Clinton to Peter Tappan, New York, 28 March	882	(1)
New York Journal, 29 March	882	(1)
Plain Truth, Albany Federal Herald, 31 March	882	(2)
Albany Federal Herald, 31 March	884	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 76, New York Packet, 1 April See CC:656	884	(1)
Agricola's Opinion, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 1 April	884	(3)
Abraham B. Bancker to Evert Bancker, Kingston, 2 April	887	(1)
Hugh Ledlie to John Lamb, Hartford, 2 April	888	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 77, New York Independent Journal, 2 April See CC:657	889	(1)
Winchester Virginia Gazette, 2 April	889	(1)
Alexander Hamilton to James Madison, New York, 3 April	889	(1)
Hugh Hughes to Ephraim Kirby, Dutchess County, 3 April	890	(1)
A Citizen, Hudson Weekly Gazette, 3 April	891	(2)
New York Journal, 3 April	893	(1)
John Myers to James Duane, Duanesburgh, 5 April	893	(1)
New York Federal Republican Committee Distributes Antifederalist Literature, New York, 6-22 April	894	(7)
New York Federal Republican Committee Circular Letter, New York, 6 April	895	(1)
List for the Distribution of Two Antifederalist Pamphlets New York, c. 6-8 April	896	(2)
Albany Anti-Federal Committee to the New York Federal Republican Committee, Albany, 12 April	898	(1)
A Federalist, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 22 April	899	(2)
Peter Ten Broeck to Peter Van Gaasbeek, Manor Livingston, 7 April	901	(1)
Albany Federal Herald, 7 April	901	(1)
A Friend to Good Government, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 8 April	902	(3)
Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 8 April	905	(1)
Archibald M'Lean to Stephen Van Rensselaer, New York, 10 April	906	(1)
Brutus XVI, New York Journal, 10 April	907	(5)
Watchman, New York Journal, 10 April	912	(1)
New York Journal, 10 April	913	(1)
Leonard Gansevoort to Stephen Van Rensselaer, New York, 11 April	913	(1)
New York Morning Post, 11 April	914	(1)
§Editors' Note: The Doctors' Riot, New York, 13-15 April	914	(2)
Charleston City Gazette, 14 April	916	(1)
A Friend to Good Government, Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 15 April	917	(2)
Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull's 1783 Farewell Address Poughkeepsie Country Journal, 15 April	919	(3)
A Citizen of New-York: An Address to the People of the State of New York 15 April	922	(20)
A Plebeian: An Address to the People of the State of New York, 17 April	942	(21)
John Jay to George Washington, New York, 20 April	963	(1)
Samuel Blachley Webb to Joseph Barrell, New York, 20 April	964	(1)
De Witt Clinton to James Clinton, New York, 25 April	964	(2)
A Tenant, New York Journal, 29 April	966	(2)
§Editors' Note: Address of a Maryland Antifederalist
to the Members of the New York and Virginia Conventions, Post-30 April	968	(1)
The New York Journal and Maryland's Ratification of the Constitution, 1-5 May	968	(3)
Detector, New York Journal, 1 May	969	(1)
Charity, New York Journal, 3 May	970	(1)
New York Journal, 5 May	970	(1)
New York American Magazine, 2 May	971	(1)
A Spectator, New York Journal, 2 May	972	(1)
New York Journal, 2 May	973	(3)
Federal Farmer: An Additional Number of Letters to the Republican New York, 2 May	976	(110)
Joseph Barrell to Samuel Blachley Webb, Boston, 4 May	1086	(1)
New Hampshire Spy, 6 May	1086	(1)
Robert R. Livingston to Marquis de la Luzerne, Clermont, 7 May	1087	(2)
An Attempt at Cooperation Between Virginia and New York Antifederalists, 8 May-15 October	1089	(3)
Gov. George Clinton to Gov. Edmund Randolph, New York, 8 May	1090	(2)
Samuel A. Otis to Benjamin Lincoln, New York, 8 May	1092	(1)
State Gazette of South Carolina, 8 May	1092	(1)
Nathan Dane to Samuel Adams, New York, 10 May	1093	(2)
Pennsylvania Gazette, 14 May	1095	(1)
Henry Knox to the Marquis de Lafayette, New York, 15 May	1096	(1)
Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, 15 May	1096	(1)
The New York Federal Republican Committee Seeks Interstate Cooperation in Obtaining Amendments to the Constitution, 18 May-6 August	1097	(5)
The New York Federal Republican Committee to Richard Henry Lee New York, 18 May	1099	(3)
Samuel A. Otis to George Thatcher, New York, 18 May	1102	(1)
Alexander Hamilton to James Madison, New York, 19 May	1102	(2)
Alexander Hamilton to Gouverneur Morris, New York, 19 May	1104	(1)
New York Journal, 19 May	1105	(1)
§Editors' Note: The New York Reporting of the Election Riot in Dobbs County, N.C., 20 May	1106	(1)
"Y. W.," New York Journal, 21 May	1107	(1)
Virginia Independent Chronicle, 21 May	1108	(1)
Rusticus, New York Journal, 23 May	1108	(1)
William Bingham to Tench Coxe, New York, 25 May	1109	(1)
Henry Knox to George Washington, New York, 25 May	1110	(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 26 May	1110	(1)
New York Journal, 26 May	1111	(1)
Samuel A. Otis to Caleb Davis, New York, 27 May	1111	(1)
§Editors' Note: The Canvassing of Ballots for the Election of Convention Delegates, 27 May	1112	(1)
An American, New York Packet, 27 May	1113	(2)
Abraham Yates, Jr., to Abraham G. Lansing, New York, 28 May	1115	(1)
§Editors' Note: Publication, Sale, and Distribution in New York of Volume II of the Book Edition of The Federalist, 28 May	1116	(2)
Publius: The Federalist 78, Volume II, 28 May See CC:759	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 79, Volume II, 28 MaySee CC:760	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 80, Volume II, 28 May See CC:761	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 81, Volume II, 28 May See CC:762	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 82, Volume II, 28 May See CC:763	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 83, Volume II, 28 May See CC:764	1118	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 84, Volume II, 28 May See CC:765	1119	(1)
Publius: The Federalist 85, Volume II, 28 May See CC:766	1119	(1)
John Jay to George Washington, New York, 29 May	1119	(1)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 29 May	1120	(1)
Abraham G. Lansing to Abraham Yates, Jr., Albany, 1 June	1120	(2)
John Lansing, Jr., to Abraham Yates, Jr., Albany, 1 June	1122	(1)
Abraham Yates, Jr., to Abraham G. Lansing, New York, 1 June	1123	(1)
New York American Magazine, 3 June	1124	(1)
The Establishment of a Federalist Express System Between the New Hampshire and New York Conventions, 4-16 June	1124	(4)
Rufus King to John Langdon, Boston, 4 June	1125	(1)
Alexander Hamilton to John Sullivan, New York, 6 June	1126	(1)
Rufus King to John Langdon, Boston, 10 June	1126	(1)
Rufus King to Alexander Hamilton, Boston, 12 June	1126	(1)
Rufus King to Henry Knox, Boston, 16 June	1127	(1)
Collin McGregor to Neil Jamieson, New York, 4 June	1128	(1)
Abraham Baldwin to Seaborn Jones, New York, 5 June	1129	(1)
Benjamin Chew to Samuel Chew, Philadelphia, 5 June	1130	(1)
Ebenezer Hazard to Jeremy Belknap, New York, 5 June	1130	(1)
Comte de Moustier to Comte de Montmorin, New York, 5 June	1131	(1)
Henry Van Shaack to Stephen Van Rensselaer, Pittsfield, Mass., 5 June	1131	(1)
§Editors' Note: New York City Newspapers Report South Carolina's Ratification of the Constitution, 5-7 June	1132	(1)
From the New York Federal Republican Committee, New York, 6 June	1133	(1)
New York Packet, 6 June	1134	(1)
Alexander Hamilton to James Madison, New York, 8 June	1135	(1)
Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams, New York, 8 June	1136	(1)
John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, Office for Foreign Affairs, 9 June	1137	(1)
New York Packet, 10 June	1138	(1)
Tench Coxe to James Madison, Philadelphia, 11 June	1138	(1)
Henry Knox to Otho Holland Williams, New York, 11 June	1139	(1)
A Pennsylvanian to the New York Convention, Pennsylvania Gazette, 11 June	1139	(11)
William Bingham to Tench Coxe, New York, 12 June	1150	(1)
William Smith to Abraham Yates, Jr., Manor St. George, 12 June	1150	(1)
New York Journal, 12 June	1151	(1)
Stephen Elliott to Jedidiah Morse, New Haven, 13 June	1151	(1)
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln, New York, 13 June	1152	(1)
Sydney, New York Journal, 13, 14 June	1153	(15)
Nathan Dane to Samuel Holten, New York, 14 June	1168	(1)
Richard Platt to Winthrop Sargent, New York, 14 June	1169	(1)
New York Daily Advertiser, 14 June	1170	(1)
Massachusetts Centinel, 14 June	1171	(1)
Nathan Dane to Rufus King, New York, 15 June	1171	(1)
Abraham G. Lansing to Abraham Yates, Jr., Albany, 15 June	1172	(1)
Abigail Adams Smith to Abigail Adams, New York, 15 June	1173	(1)
Abraham Yates, Jr., to Abraham G. Lansing, New York, 15 June	1173	(1)
Cyrus Griffin to Thomas FitzSirnons, New York, 16 June	1174	(3)
APPENDICES
I. Original and Reprinted Federalist Articles Appearing in New York Newspapers, 1 February-26 July 1788	1177	(6)
II. Original and Reprinted Antifederalist Articles Appearing in New York Newspapers, 1 February-26 July 1788	1183	(4)
III. News Reports in New York Newspapers 1 February-26 July 1788	1187