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THE QUESTION.


And the Convention do, in the name and in the behalf of the people of this commonwealth, enjoin it upon their representatives in Congress, at all times, until the alterations and provisions aforesaid have been considered, agreeably to the 5th article of the said Constitution, to exert all their influence, and use all reasonable and legal methods, to obtain a ratification of the said alterations and provisions, in such manner as is provided in the said article.

And, that the United States, in Congress assembled, may have due notice of the assent and ratification of the said Constitution by this Convention, it is

Resolved, That the assent and ratification aforesaid be engrossed on parchment, together with the recommendation and injunction aforesaid, and with this resolution; and that his excellency, John Hancock, President, and the Hon. William Cushing, Esq., Vice-President of this Convention, transmit the same, countersigned by the Secretary of the Convention, under their hands and seals, to the United States in Congress assembled.

The question was determined by yeas and nays, as follows:—

county of suffolk. Wrentham—Mr. Thomas Man, Yea.
Boston—His Ex. John Hancock, Yea. Mr. Nathan Comstock, Nay.
Hon. James Bowdoin, Yea. Walpole—Mr. George Payson, Yea.
Hon. Samuel Adams, Yea. Sharon—Mr. Benjamin Randall, Nay.
Hon. William Phillips, Yea. Franklin—Hon. J. Fisher, Yea.
Hon. Caleb Davis, Yea. Medway—M. Richardson, Jun., Nay.
Charles Jarvis, Esq., Yea. Bellingham—Rev. Noah Alden, Nay.
John Coffin Jones, Esq., Yea. Chelsea—Rev. Phillips Payson, Yea.
John Winthrop, Esq., Yea. Foxboro'—Mr. Ebenezer Warren, Yea.
Thomas Dawes, Jun., Yea. Hull—Mr. Thomas Jones, Yea.
Rev. Samuel Stillman, Yea. Yeas, 34. Nays, 5.
Thomas Russell, Esq., Yea.
Christopher Gore, Esq., Yea. county of essex.
Roxbury—Hon. William Heath, Yea. Salem—Richard Manning, Esq., Yea.
Hon. Increase Sumner, Yea. Edward Pulling, Esq., Yea.
Dorchester—James Bowdoin, Jun., Yea. Mr. William Gray, Jun., Yea.
Ebenezer Wales, Esq., Yea. Mr. Francis Cabot, Yea.
Milton—Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, Yea. Danvers—Hon. Is. Hutchinson, Esq., Nay.
Weymouth—Hon. Cotton Tufts, Yea. Newbury—Hon. Tristam Dalton, Yea.
Hingham—Hon. Benj. Lincoln, Yea. Enos Sawyer, Esq., Yea.
Rev. Daniel Shute, Yea. E. March, Esq., Yea.
Braintree—Hon. Richard Cranch, Yea. Newburyport—Hon. Rufus King, Yea.
Rev. Anthony Wibird, Yea. Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, Yea.
Brookline—Rev. Joseph Jackson, Yea. Theophilus Parsons, Esq., Yea.
Dedham—Rev. Thomas Thacher, Yea. Hon. Jonathan Titcomb, Yea.
Fisher Ames, Esq., Yea. Beverly—Hon. G. Cabot, Yea.
Needham—Col. William M'Intosh, Yea. Mr. Joseph Wood, Yea.
Medfield—John Baxter, Jun., Yea. Capt. Israel Thorndike, Yea.
Stoughton—Hon. Elijah Dunbar, Yea. Ipswich—Hon. Michael Farley, Yea.
Capt. Jedediah Southworth, Nay. J. Choate, Esq., Yea.