William Peck to Henry Knox on the Rhode Island Convention Deciding Whether to Adopt the Constitution, 15 February 1790

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Discusses a convention of the Rhode Island Legislature on adopting the constitution. States that our Federal Friends were happy in the (almost) certainty of soon becoming a part of the Union; nor had they any course to change their opinion untill [sic] they found the Antis, by their unremitted exertion, had elected a majority of thir own people to decide upon the Constitution - What their decision will be is yet uncertain...We, however, hope for the best. Our Federal Delegates are many of them men of abilities and good speakers; this circumstance justifies us in the hope that ignorance & obstinacy will give way to Eloquence & fair reasoning - but should we fail in this we expect that solid Argument, a principle by which many of them have been frequently sway'd will again have its desired effect. Asks Knox to recommend him to the president for an appointment, as there is no gentleman in the United States, to whose recommendation the President will pay more attention.