Excerpt from The Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York Assembled at Poughkeepsie on the 17th of June, 1788 Published BY Tl! Vassar brothers institute poughkeepsie, N. Y.(pong! Walk, ML, ow. HE onstit nven n of the State j. Of New York, held in Poughkeepsie, in June, 1788, was an important historical event. The fact of its having been held at Poughkeepsie gives it a peculiar local interest, and it seemed fitting that a reprint. Of the debates and proceed ings, which had become exceedingly rare, should be made. This has been done by the liberality of Vassar Brothers Institute. The reprint is made in fac-simile, from a copy in the Adriance Memorial Library, which was published by Francis Childs in New York City, in 1788. John C. Sicklby, alvah L. Peckham, 'alfred H. Peters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.