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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04300
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1788
Title	Setting the date for the first national elections and commencing proceedings under the U.S. Constitution
Date	13 September 1788
Author	Thomson, Charles (1729-1824)
Document Type	Government document
Content Description	Printed broadside signed as Secretary of Congress. Given the creation of the constitution, a date was now set for the first elections.
Subjects	Congress US Constitution Election Government and Civics
People	Thomson, Charles (1729-1824)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	Government & Politics; Creating a New Government
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide By the United States in Congress assembled, SEPTEMBER 13, 1788 Whereas the Convention assembled in Philadelphia, pursuant to the Resolution of Congress of the 21st February, 1787, did, on the 17th of September in the same year, report to the United States in Congress assembled, a Constitution for the People of the United States; whereupon Congress, on the 28th of the same September, did resolve unanimously, "That the said report, with Resolutions and Letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several Legislatures, in order to be submitted to a Convention of Delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the Resolves of the Convention made and provided in that case:" And whereas the Constitution so reported by the Convention, and by Congress transmitted to the several Legislatures, has been ratified in the manner therein declared to be sufficient for the establishment of the same, and such Ratifications duly authenticated have been received by Congress, and are filed in the Office of the Secretary--therefore, RESOLVED, That the first Wednesday in January next be the day for appointing Electors in the several States, which before the said day shall have ratified the said Constitution; that the first Wednesday in February next, be the day for the Electors to assemble in their respective States, and vote for a President; and that the first Wednesday in March next, be the time, and the present Seat of Congress the place for commencing Proceedings under the said Constitution. Chas. Thomson Secy

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