Delaware

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DOVER JUL א Prx 1987 INDEPENDENC 1990 DELAWARE Dec7,1787 Delaware 22 NTIC EAN Chis lalle BERTY

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DELAWARE First Day of Issue: July 4, 1987 First Issue Location: Dover, Delaware Delaware sent five delegates to the Philadelphia Conven- tion in 1787. Richard Bassett, an affable lawyer, early championed the need to revise the Articles of Confeder- ation. Argumentative and articulate, Gunning Bedford, Jr., became the most vocal defender of the small states. Jacob Broom's impassioned plea against adjournment after the Convention split on the representation issue helped save the Constitution. John Dickinson, the “Pen- man of the Revolution,” strongly supported a dominant and vigorous Congress. George Read, only one of six men to sign both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, came to Philadelphia supporting minor revisions to the Articles of Confederation, but in the end supported the new document. On September 17, 1787, these men endorsed the new Constitution. Within weeks after the Signing, Delaware's state legislature called for a convention to discuss ratification. On December 6, 1787, by unanimous vote, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution. No. 87-73 CONSTIT *UNITED 1787-1791 * IAL 1987-1991 N We Be 'People SCENTENNIALI An Official Maximum Card of The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution ©1987 The Maximum Card Collection A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 Original painting by Chris Calle.