Note 569 — Chapter VIII · THE PROCESS OF RATIFICATION

Bancroft, op. cit., Vol. II, p. 316. The resolution provided that the “election shall be held in the month of March next on the first day of the court to be held for each county, city, or corporation respectively.” The qualifications of voters were “the same as those now established by law.” Blair, The Virginia Convention of 1788, Vol. I, p. 56–57. Only freeholders were eligible to seats in the Convention. Ibid., p. 56. Hening, Statutes at Large, Vol. XII, p. 462.