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New Jersey Ratification

 


Significant events and individuals in New Jersey Politics

  • New Jersey Chronology, 1786–1788 (pdf)
  • New Jersey Officeholders, 1787–1788 (pdf)
  • Biographical Gazetteer (pdf)

State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places

  • Trenton in Blazing Star Tavern (later known as French Arms Tavern)

Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification

  • Lambert Cadwalader to George Mitchell, New York, 8 October 1787 (pdf)
  • Cassius, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey Journal, 31 October 1787 (pdf)
  • A Farmer of New Jersey: Observations on Government, 3 November 1787 (pdf)
  • A Jerseyman: To the Citizens of New Jersey, Trenton Mercury, 6 November 1787 (pdf)
  • Marcus, Elizabeth Town, New Jersey Journal, 14 Novemebr 1787 (pdfs)
  • Reply to George Mason's Objections to the Constitution, New Jersey Journal, 19, 26 December 1787 (pdf)

Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification

  • New Jersey Journal, 14 November 1787 (pdf)

Recommended Amendments

  • None

Significant Outcomes

  • Map of Vote

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