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<p>The <b>Virginia Ratifying Convention</b> (also historically referred to as the "<b>Virginia Federal Convention</b>") was a <a href="page.php?w=Convention_%28meeting%29">convention</a> of 168 delegates from <a href="page.php?w=Virginia">Virginia</a> who met in 1788 to ratify or reject the <a href="page.php?w=United_States_Constitution">United States Constitution</a>, which had been drafted at the <a href="page.php?w=Philadelphia_Convention">Philadelphia Convention</a> the previous year. The Convention met and deliberated from June 2 through June</p><p>
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