1790 SOUTH CAROLINA RATIFICATION

UNITED STATES, April 1, 1790.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives.

I have directed my private secretary to lay before you a copy of the adoption by the legislature of South Carolina of the articles proposed by Congress to the legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, together with the copy of a letter from the governor of the State of South Carolina to the President of the United States, which have lately come to my hands.

The originals of the foregoing will be lodged ill the office of the Secretary of State.