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North Carolina ratified the Constitution... New lighthouses...

Item # 703785

January 06, 1790

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, January 6, 1790 Page 3 has a report of a tour through South Carolina with mention of Columbia & Cape Fear, including: "A light house is now building on Cape Fear which it is expected will be finished in about eight months. A new one is shortly to be erected on Cape Henry, in Virginia...Another is designed for Cape May, in New Jersey, and it is said that a light house is soon to be placed in the beacon on Tybee Island."
Also on page 3 is a report beginning: "The Convention of North Carolina, having by a large majority adopted the Constitution of the United States, let us ardently hope...that each individual member of our Legislature...will come prepared to consider the momentous subject..." with more.
North Carolina was the last of the 12 colonies which attended the Constitutional Convention to ratify, Rhode Island not doing so until 1791.
Also a report from the federal Congress & the lack of a quorum, with a list of those members present.
Four pages, very nice condition.