New Jersey Convention Proceedings: Pennsylvania Mercury (December 19, 1787)

On Wednesday the 19th instant the delegates of the Convention, attended by the principal inhabitants of Trenton, and a handsome, well-disciplined company of light infantry in uniform under the command of Captain Hanlon, proceeded from the Convention chamber to the courthouse, where the Ratification of the new Constitution was publicly announced, and received by a great number of citizens collected on the occasion with general approbation which was expressed by repeated huzzas. The company of light infantry fired thirteen rounds, one more for the State of Delaware, and another for Pennsylvania. After which the Convention returned in the same procession to their chamber in order to complete the great and important business of their appointment, and the day following were dissolved.

It was observed by a spectator on Wednesday that the third fire given by the light infantry, which was a broken one, surprised him, being so badly executed by so complete and well-disciplined a body of men. 0, sir (replied the officer), the design was to represent the shattered condition of the State of Rhode Island.