Virginia Ratification
Significant events and individuals in Virginia Politics
State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places
- Richmond in the State House then moved to the New Academy on Shockoe Hill
Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification
- An Independent Freeholder, Winchester Virginia Gazette, 18 January 1788 (pdf)
- An Independent Freeholder, Winchester Virginia Gazette, 25 January 1788 (pdf)
- Valerius, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 23 January 1788 (pdf)
- Civis Rusticus, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 30 January 1788 (pdf)
- The State Soldier III, Virginia Independent Chronicle, 12 March 1788 (pdf)
Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification