| Scope and content |
Gazette of the United States newspaper, Issue No. LXXIX (1/13/1790), which includes a letter from President George Washington announcing that a constitutional convention in North Carolina had ratified the United States Constitution in November 1789. It also includes the full text of the resolution itself and a letter from Samuel Johnston, president of the convention, conveying resolution. Published by John Fenno of New York. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Gazette of the United States Collection (#873), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchase (Special Manuscript Fund), Historical Collectible Auction, Graham, N.C. |
| Biographical note | The Gazette of the United States, founded in 1789, was an early American partisan newspaper sympathetic to the Federalist cause. |
| Other title |
Gazette of the United States (New York, N.Y.) |
