Georgia Convention Ratification Announcement: Pennsylvania Gazette (January 30, 1788)

The adoption of the proposed federal government by the State of Georgia whose constitution, like that of Pennsylvania, vests the legislative power in a single house, is a proof that another body of men, besides the majority of the Pennsylvania Convention, think, under the same kind of government, that the Federal Constitution should be adopted.1 Georgia is a very rising state, possessing an extensive territory and is a great acquisition to the new Confederacy. Live oak, red cedar, tobacco of an excellent quality, rice, indigo, furs, peltry, hides, hemp, cotton, and silk are her most valuable productions: an inestimable treasure, whether we consider them with regard to commerce, navigation, manufactures, or domestic consumption.