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1787  October 1787  Oct 12, 1787: Old Whig No. 1 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  Oct 17, 1787: Old Whig No. 2 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  Oct 20, 1787: Old Whig No. 3 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  Oct 27, 1787: Old Whig No. 6 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  November 1787  Nov 1, 1788: Old Whig No. 5 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  Nov 24, 1787: Old Whig No. 4 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document  Nov 28, 1787: Old Whig No. 7 (Pennsylvania) The Old Whig reiterates a central Antifederalist objection to the proposed Constitution: the delegates to the Constitutional Convention did not have the authority to scrap the Articles of Confederation, nor do they have the authority to deny the people of the states the right to alter or abolish the plan submitted to them. Accordingly, Old Whig suggests that another Continental Convention, collecting the opinions of the people is in order. Full Text of Document  1788  February 1788  Feb 6, 1788: Old Whig No. 8 (Pennsylvania) Full Text of Document