Named event or history
North Carolina’s first convention on the federal Constitution, which declined to ratify without a bill of rights (the Fayetteville convention of 1789 ratified).
“Delegates debated U.S. Constitution, July 21-Aug. 4, 1788, & voted to delay ratification until bill of rights was added. Met 100 yards S.W.”
State historical marker: G-131: Constitutional Convention, 1788
9 works in the index name this event.
What it was and why it mattered
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this event. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
Records relating to the federal constitutional convention of 1787, and journals, ordinances, etc., of the two conventions that met in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1788 and 1789 to vot…
Records relating to the federal constitutional convention of 1787, and journals, ordinances, etc., of the two conventions that met in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1788 and 1789 to vot…
Records relating to the federal constitutional convention of 1787, and journals, ordinances, etc., of the two conventions that met in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1788 and 1789 to vot…
Records relating to the federal constitutional convention of 1787, and journals, ordinances, etc., of the two conventions that met in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1788 and 1789 to vot…
Records relating to the federal constitutional convention of 1787, and journals, ordinances, etc., of the two conventions that met in Hillsborough, North Carolina and Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1788 and 1789 to vot…
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