State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, June 15, 1779. : Whereas by the returns made ... it appears that a large majority of the inhabitants ... think it proper to have a new Constitution ... Resolved ... to form a convention ... to meet at Cambridge ... on the first day of September next .

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