Significant events and individuals in Rhode Island Politics

Rhode Island Chronology, 1772-1790 (pdf)
Officers of the State of Rhode Island (pdf)
Biographical Gazetteer (pdf)

State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places

First Session, South Kingstown, 1-6 March 1790 (State House in Little Rest, modern-day Kingston) 
Second Session, Newport, 24-29 May 1790: (Colony House [which is the State House], 24-26 May; Second Baptist Church, 27-29 May)

Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification

Columbus, Newport Herald, 17 January 1788 (pdf)
Anarch, Newport Herald, 7 February 1788 (pdf)
A Rhode-Island Man, Newport Mercury, 25 February 1788 (pdf)
American Philosopher, Newport Herald, 29 May 1788 (pdf)
A Rhode-Islander, Newport Herald, 10 July 1788 (pdf)
Solon, junior, (David Howell?), Providence Gazette, 12 July 1788 (pdf)
Phocion, (Theodore Foster), Providence United States Chronicle, 17 July 1788 (pdf)
Observer, Newport Herald, 24 July 1788 (pdf)

Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification

Philelaetheros, United States Chronicle, 22 November 1787 (pdf)
A Newport Man, Newport Mercury, 20 March 1788 (pdf)
A Rhode-Island Landholder, Providence, United States Chronicle, 20 March 1788 (pdf)
Providence, United States Chronicle, 27 March 1788 (pdf)
A real Federalist, Providence, Unites States Chronicle, 27 March 1788 (pdf)
Lycurgus, Providence, United States Chronicle, 3 April 1788 (pdf)
A Friend to Paper Money, Newport Herald, 12 June 1788 (pdf)

Recommended Amendments

Rhode Island Form of Ratification and Amendments, 29 May 1790 (pdf)

Significant Outcomes

The State Referendum and Responses 
Map of Vote (pdf)