The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
Delegates Return to Re. spective States to Ex.
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The work of the Constitutional Convention having been finished on September l7th, 1787, the dele- gates left Philadelphia on the 18th for. their respective homes.
 Capt. John Dunlap's newspaper, '"The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser" announced the adjournment of the Convention, as follows:
 WE HAVE THE HEARTFELT PLEASURE TO INFORM OUR FELLOW CITIZENS THAT THE FEDERAL CONVENTION AD- JOURNED YESTERDAY, HAV- ING COMPLETED THE OB- JECT or THEIR rELIBERA- TONS, AND WE HEAR THAT MAJOR w. JACKSON, THE SECRETARY or THAT HON. ORABLE BODY, LEAVES THIS CITY FOR NEW YORK THIS MORNING, IN ORDER TO LAY THE GREAT RESULT or THEIR PROCEEDINGS BE- FROE THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS-"
 The citiSens of Philadelphia had an opportunity to hear the pro. posed constitution read aloud on the 18th, before the Pennsylvania legislature. (Benjarnin Franklin was president of the state.) The scene Is described in the following newspaper account:
 Precisely at ii o'clock, Col. Piper and Dr. Moore introduced his Excellency pr. Franklin, Robert Morris, George Olymer, James wilson, Thomas Fit2sii11s mons, Jared 1ngersoll and Gov- ernor Morris, Esquires, the del- egates to the federal conven- ton, when his Excellency ad- dressed himself to the speaker to the following effect: Sir, we have now the honor to pre- sent to this house the Plan of Government for the United States which has been deter mined upon by the federal con- vention. We hereby hope and believe that the result of the labors of that honorable body will tend to promote the hau- piness and prosperity of this Commonwealth in particular and of the United States in general
 MT. Fitzsimmons then stated that propriety of the report be- ing read by member of the delegation and proposed the speaker for that purpose, who accordingly read 1t to the house.
 This was the first public reading of the Constitution of the United States, and the newspapers des- cribe the eagerness of the people to hear 1t, and their reaction:
 yesterday the new frame of government was reported by the delegates of Pennsylvania, agree ably to their instructions to the General Assembly of this state and read publicly, in the pres- Once of c large crowd of citizens, who stood in the gallery of the Assembly room, and who testi- iled the highest pleasure In see- ing that great work at last per- fected, which promises, when adopted, to give security, stabil- ity and dignity to the Govern -Ruient of the United States.
 sThe division of the power of Ehe United States into three branches gives the sincerest sat- isfaetion to Q great majority of our citizens"
 On the 18th, the second day after the close of the convention, those fighting newspaper men, Capt. John Dunlap and Lieut.. David 0. Claypole, published the entire Constitution in their Pack ct and Daily Advertiser to the exclusion of everything else. (pho- tographic full size reproductions of this newspaper are In all our Waterbury schools).
 Of course Philadelphia got the news first and its reception by old and young Is thus told:
 T was walking the other day on Second Street and observed Q child of five or six years old, and c paper in his hand lisp ing with c smile-'Here's what the convention have done.' Last evening was walking down Arch street and was struck with tho appearance of an old man whose head was covered with
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