ABSTRACT
McMaster and Stone have appended to their work on the ratification of the Constitution in that state brief biographical sketches of the members of the convention, in which many clues are given to their respective economic interests. The same economic antagonism that was manifested in the selection of delegates to the federal Convention was again manifested in the state convention called to ratify the Constitution. The former class, progressive and liberal and familiar with the practical details of government, as a rule voted for the Constitution. Inasmuch as so many leaders in the movement for ratification were large security holders, and inasmuch as securities constituted such a large proportion of personalty, this economic interest must have formed a very considerable dynamic element. Nevertheless, as in Massachusetts, the public securities formed a dynamic element in the movement for ratification.
