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524 HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON. [1787. Constitution of the In May tliG conveiitioii for framing the cou- United states. stitutioii of tliG United states convened at Philadelphia. It did not get to work, however, till June. After a session of four months a document was prepared which was submitted to the several states for ratification. A convention for that purpose was held in Massachusetts in January, 1788. Northampton made choice of Caleb Strong and Benjamin Sheldon as delegates. They were chosen at a meeting held in the preceding November. A committee was appointed to prepare an address, expressing the sentiments of the people touching the important business for which they were appointed. This document, signed by the chairman of the committee, is extended in full upon the town records. It is as follows : " In Conformity to a resolution of the Gen'l Court of the 25"' of Oc- tober last, We have Delegated you to meet in State Convention on the Second Wednesday of January next, for the purpose of Adopting or rejecting the Reported Constitution for the United States of America. The object of your Mission Gentlemen is of the Highest magnitude in Human affairs. Much time & unwearied application are requisite in order thoroughly to Investigate it. The Civil Dignity of this State ; of the United States ; and perhaps of Humanity are Suspended upon this Momentus Question ; & We wish you Gentlemen patiently to hear & attentively to Examine every argument that Shall be offered for or against its Adoption. Be not unduly influenced by Local Considerations. Let j'our mind be Impressed with the Necessity of having an Equal Energettick federal Government. 'Tis the welfare of the Union as well as of Massachusetts that you are to Consult. And while you are tenacious of the rights & Priviledges of the People, be not aflfraid to Delegate to the federal Government Such Powers as are absolutely Necessary for advancing & Maintaining our National Honor & happi- ness. But Gentlemen we mean not to give you Positive instructions relative to your Voting for or against the reported Constitution. When in convention you will Have the Collected wisdom of the State before you. Will hear all that can be said on the subject, & will Consequent- ly be able to form a Judicious opinion ; and, having the fullest Confidence in your Political wisdom. Integrity & Patriotism, we Cheer- fully (on our part) Submit the all important Question to your Decision. And we beseech the alwise Governor of the world to take the Convention under his holy influence, that so the result may be The best Good of the United States of America. '•Samuel Henshaw, Chairman. "By order of the Committee. "Northampton, Nov. 22, 1787."
1788.] FEDERAL CONSTITUTION—MANUFACTURES. 525 The Constitutional TliG body to wliicli tliis momeiitous question Convention. ^^s Submitted, was comjiosed of three hundred fifty members, among whom were many of the most prominent men in the State, men who had served in tlie federal congress, and had been members of the convention which framed the constitution of Massa- chusetts. Gov. Hancock presided. At the suggestion of Caleb Strong of this town, it was voted '•that this convention, sensible how important it is that the great subject submitted to their determination should be discussed and con- sidered with moderation, candor, and deliberation, will enter into a free conversation on the several parts thereof, by paragraphs, until every member shall have had opportunity to express his sentiments on the same ; after which the convention will consider and debate at large the question whether this convention will adopt and ratify the proposed constitution, before any vote is taken expressive of the sense of the convention upon the whole or any part thereof.'' This proposition of the Northampton delegate was fully carried out, and the convention consumed nearly a month in the consideration of the document. Many delegates were dissatisfied with it, and it was ratified by a meagre majority of nineteen votes. Both the Northampton delegates voted in its favor. Regulations to be Ob- In March, 1789, the town undertook to served at Funerals, pegulate the method of couducting fu- neral processions. The warrant specified a " more orderly method of walking to funerals." A committee was entrusted with the consideration of the matter, who reported in May — : " Whereas it is the opinion of this Town that funerals ought to be conducted with great decency and decorum in order to impress on the minds of the rising & risen generation the importance of the awful solemnity, and to render the House of mourning better than the House of feasting. Be it, therefore recommended to all the Inhabitants of this Town to observe the following regulations at funerals — : " 1. That the relations of the deceased follow next the corse two & two. •'2. If the deceased was a male person, the males are to follow next the mourners, two & two,—and the women after them, two & two—but if the deceased was a woman, then the women are to follow next the moiirners. & the men after them. '•3. Those on Horseback are to fall in after the foot folks. Horses two & two. and the Carriages are to follow in the rear of the proces-
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHE
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HISTORY OF ^ O 11 T 11 A M P T O ]^
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PREFACE The author of these volumes
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DWELLINGS—FUR
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CONTENTS. VII CHAPTER VI. NEW MEETI
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CONTENTS. IX CHAPTER XIII. COL, JOH
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CONTENTS. XI CHAPTER XIX. FOURTH FR
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CONTENTS. XIII CHAPTER XXIV. REVOLU
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CONTENTS. XV CHAPTER XXIX. REVOLUTI
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CONTENTS. XVII CHAPTER XXXIV. SHAYS
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CONTENTS. XIX CHAPTER XXXIX. MEMORI
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HISTORY or NORTHAMPTON Pirst Houses
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DWELLINGS—FURNITURE—COSTUMES. 3
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DWELLINGS—FURNITURE— COSTUMES.
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CHAPTER II. FATHKR RALE S WAR. Anot
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1722.] FATHER RALE'S WAR. 17 person
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1721-17-23.] FATHER rale's WAR. 19
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1724.] FATHER RALE'S WAR. 31 Lieut.
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CHAPTER III. LEGISLATIVE CONTEST—
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1725] LEGISLATIVE CONTEST—SOUTHAM
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1727] LEGISLATIVE CONTEST—SOUTHAM
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1734.] LEOISLATIVE CONTEST—SOUTHA
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CHAPTER IV. JONATHAN EDWARDS SETTLE
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1725] JONATHAN EDWARDS AS COLLEAGUE
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1727.] JONATHAN EDWARDS AS COLLEAGU
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1727.] JONATHAN EDWARDS AS COLLEAGU
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1T27.] JONATHAN EDWARDS AS COLLEAGU
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