New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks, [23 July 1788]
New York Ratifying Convention. Remarks1
[Poughkeepsie, New York, July 23, 1788]
Ham[ilton]—thinks we ought to proceed on the report—& if any gent[leman] wishes to introduce an amend[men]t he has a right to do it.
Gilbert Livingston MS Notes, MS Division, New York Public Library.
1. For a discussion of the debates on July 23 and of the decisions made by the Convention on that date, see “New York Ratifying Convention. First Speech of July 24.”