books.google.com - When the delegates left the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787, the new Constitution they had written was no more than a proposal. Elected conventions in at least nine of the thirteen states would have to ratify it before it could take effect. There was reason to doubt whether...http://books.google.com/books/about/Ratification.html?id=-DvolFMBVRgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRatification
