*[Constitution] [Hamilton, Alexander] Very Rare First Edition of the Debates of the New York Ratifying Convention, Featuring the First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton's Speeches in Favor of the Adoption of the United States Constitution

The Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of the State of New-York, Assembled at Poughkeepsie, on the 17th June, 1788. To deliberate and decide on the Form of Federal Government recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th September, 1787...
New-York: Printed and Sold by Francis Childs, 1788. First edition. 12mo. (ii), 144 pp. Full modern buckram, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; speckled edges; two ink stamps of the Library of the New York Law Institute on title-page, same ink stamp on pp. (i) and recto of rear blank; ownership inscription of Gardiner Baker on title-page ("Gardiner Baker Museum March 27th 1795"); contemporary manuscript corrections and notations, on pp. 115, 143, and 144; sheets toned; scattered foxing and dampstaining. Evans 21310; ESTC W4576; Ford 129; Sabin 53634; Streeter Sale 1054

Based on short-hand notes taken by the printer and publisher, Francis Childs. Despite being outnumbered 47-20, the Federalist faction of the New York convention, led by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, managed through impressive oratorical skill to overcome the arguments of their Anti-Federalist colleagues, and win favor of the charter in the closest margin of any state, 30-27.

Very rare to auction, this is only the fourth copy offered since the Streeter Sale in 1967.

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[Constitution] [Hamilton, Alexander] Very Rare First Edition of the Debates of the New York Ratifying Convention, Featuring the First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton's Speeches in Favor of the Adoption of the United States Constitution*

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*[Constitution] [Hamilton, Alexander] Very Rare First Edition of the Debates of the New York Ratifying Convention, Featuring the First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton's Speeches in Favor of the Adoption of the United States Constitution

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[Constitution] [Hamilton, Alexander] Very Rare First Edition of the Debates of the New York Ratifying Convention, Featuring the First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton's Speeches in Favor of the Adoption of the United States Constitution*