Jeremiah Wadsworth To Henry Knox Reporting The Adoption Of The Constitution By Connecticut 9 January 1788

Wadsworth declares, This moment from Convention- Where the proposed Constitution was passed 127 Yeas- 40 Nos- it ought to be remarked that all the [first?] Characters in the Convention were for the Constitution and Gen James Wadsworth the only man of any real consequence who was against it Our Governor Deputy Governor late Governor Griswold & all the Judges of the Superior Court were present except one- & for it - All of ye Council for - (one against it Gen Wadsworth). Letter dated 1787, but docket (and content) reveal that it was created in 1788. With unsigned free frank.