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Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention, in U.S. history, the 1787 meeting in which the Constitution of the United States was drawn up.

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On Constitutional Conventions—Part I - The following essay is in two parts: the first is by "MASSACHUSETTENSIS," and is reprinted from The Massachusetts Gazette of January 29, 1788;
On Constitutional Conventions—Part II - Antifederalists sought a second constitutional convention immediately after conclusion of the first. This essay by "AN OLD WHIG", is from either The F

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