Pennsylvania Ratification
Significant events and individuals in Pennsylvania Politics
State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places
Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification
- An American Citizen, On Federal Government I, II, III, Philadelphia, Independent Gazetteer, 26-29 September 1787 (pdf)
- James Wilson's Speech in the State House Yard, Philadelphia, 6 October 1787 (pdf)
- A Federalist, Philadelphia, Independent Gazetteer, 10 October 1787 (pdf)
- One of the People, Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 October 1787 (pdf)
- Plain Truth: Reply to an Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 10 November 1787 (pdf)
- James Wilson The Pennsylvania Convention: Saturday, 24 November 1787 (pdf)
- Benjamin Rush The Pennsylvania Convention: Wednesday, 12 December 1787 (pdf)
- Thomas McKean The Pennsylvania Convention: Monday, 10 December 1787 (pdf)
Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification
- Centinel I , Independent Gazetteer, 5 October 1787 (pdf)
- The Chronicles of Early Times, Freeman’s Journal, 17 October 1787 (pdf)
- A Democratic Federalist, Pennsylvania Herald, 17 October 1787 (pdf)
- John Humble: Address of the Lowborn, Independent Gazetteer, 29 October 1787 (pdf)
- An Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 6 November 1787 (pdf)
- William Findley The Pennsylvania Convention: Saturday, 1 December 1787 (pdf)
- Robert Whitehill The Pennsylvania Convention: Friday, 30 November 1787 (pdf)
- John Smilie The Pennsylvania Convention: Wednesday, 28 November 1787 (pdf)
Recommended Amendments - There were some proposed but they were rejected.
Significant Events and Outcomes Associated with Pennsylvania
