On June 21, 1788, the US constitution was ratified and became the law after New Hampshire became the ninth of the 13 states ...

British recognition of U.S. independence. Boundaries that would allow American expansion westward to the Mississippi River. Though National Ratification Day is not a federal holiday, it marks a ...

sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law of the land. Thus far, 38 states have ratified the amendment ...

it was resolved that “the American Bar Association supports the principle that any time limit for ratification of an amendment to the United States Constitution is not consistent with Article V ...

It sold to Williams College in 1993 for $412,500. In 2022, a signed ratification copy of the U.S. Constitution, on a single page in pamphlet form, was found in a dusty metal filing cabinet there.

It also reminds us of the crucial role New York ... Congress met in 1787 and resolved to send the Constitution to the States for ratification.

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution forgotten inside a filing ... Congress resolved to send it to the states for ratification. A handful of those copies are known to still be in existence ...

This copy of the U.S. Constitution is one of those handful ... printed front and back is a letter from Washington asking for ratification. He acknowledged there would have to be compromise and ...