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Microfilm is available at the New York State Archives.

Proceedings of the 1788 Poughkeepsie Convention are published in "Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution," (Jonathan Elliot, ed., 1836) and "Documenting History of the Ratification of the Constitution." (Merrill Jensen, ed.). Text of the ratification and proposed amendments is in "The Eleventh Pillar: New York State and the Federal Constitution," (Linda Grant DePauw, 1966).

Microfilm: 1 reel; 35mm.

Proceedings of the convention and related documents and newspaper reports are published in John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, and Charles H. Schoenleber, eds., ?The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution,? volumes 19-23: Ratification of the Constitution by the States: New York (Madison, Wisc.: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2003-2009).

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This series has been digitized in its entirety and is available in State Archives Digital Collections.

New York State Archives Digital Collections

Journal of the proceedings of the State Convention to Consider Ratification of the United States Constitution, 1788