TO EDMUND RANDOLPH.
CHIC. HIST. SOC. MSS.
New York, July 22, 1788.
Dear Sir,
The enclosed papers will give you a view of the
business in the Convention at Poughkeepsie. It is
not as yet certain that the ratification will take any
final shape that can make New York immediately a
member of the new Union. The opponents cannot
come to that point without yielding a complete victory
to the Federalists, which must be a severe sacrifice
of their pride. It is supposed too, that some
of them would not be displeased at seeing a bar to
the pretensions of this city to the first meeting of the
new Government. On the other side, the zeal for
an unconditional ratification is not a little increased
by contrary wishes.
There have been no late arrivals from Europe nor
any news from any Quarter. Don't omit sending
me the papers containing the series of articles announced
in a late one.
