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UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION]. JOHNSON, William Samuel (1727-1819), Signer of the Constitution . Autograph letter signed ("W m:Sam l:Johnson") to Samuel William Johnson New York, 5 July 1788. 1 p., 4to . SIGNER JOHNSON DISCUSSES RATIFICATION. Johnson writes to his son on the ratification process ten months after the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention: "As to public affairs, I will only mention, that N. Hampshire and Virginia (10 States) having adopted the New Constitution, we are in great joy here, the Government will soon be organized & put in operation. It is yet doubtful whether this State will accede to it, if not, it will proceed without them." - BOWDOIN, James (1726-1790), Governor of Massachusetts . Letter signed ("James Bowdoin") to Governor Richard Caswell, Boston, 30 March 1786. 1 p., folio . THE ANNAPOLIS CONVENTION. Governor Bowdoin addresses the Governor of North Carolina concerning the proposed Annapolis Convention: "Pursuant to the request of the legislature of this Commonwealth, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that they have acceded to the proposal of the Assembly of Virginia, for holding at Annapolis in Maryland, a Convention of Delegates...for the purpose of considering the Trade of the United States." The delegates who assembled at Annapolis laid the groundwork for the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia the following year. - JOHNSON, William Samuel. Manuscript document signed ("W m:Sam l:Johnson"), a petition for settlement in New Hampshire, Stratford, Conn., 5 April 1773. 1¼ pp., folio . Johnson and Agur Tomlinson petition Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire for a tract of land to settle upon. - JOHNSON. Autograph document signed ("W m.Sam l:Johnson"), a receipt of payment, Stratford, 21 March 1765. 1 p., oblong 8vo . JOHNSON. Partial document signed ("W m. Sam l. Johnson"), a portion of a writ, Stratford, 12 March 1776. 1 p., an oblong . Together five items . (5)