Scope and Content: Pursuant to St 1819, c 161, an act to provide for separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts as a state, a constitutional convention met in Portland, Oct. 11-29, 1819 and Jan. 5-7, 1820; the resulting constitution was submitted to Maine inhabitants and ratified Dec. 6, 1819.  Transcripts of convention proceedings, constitution, and returns of ratification vote (See: Maine. Constitutional Convention (1819)–series (M-Ar) 103-105)) were sent by convention president William King per order of Jan. 7, 1820 to Governor John Brooks.  Series contains related documents.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of document
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection, box 18. Forms part of: Separation of Maine papers
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