What if, back in 1788, we hadn't ratified Mr

New York's anti-federalists held their 46 to 19 edge well into the convention. But when, at the end of june, a messenger reached Poughkeepsie with the surprising news of Virginia's ratification, some anti-federalist delegates began to drift home: their crops needed tending. New York would approve the Constitution by just three votes, 30 to 27. ................
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