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the image included details the outright nitpicking between David Dodge and and Senator Mitchell in a series of letters in 1991 regarding ratification of the TONA amendment.
The communication between Dodge and Mitchell went something like this, in a nutshell:
Senator Mitchell: It was a publishing error. Dodge: many publications were found.
OK, so it wasn't a publishing error, but only 12 out of 13 states ratified it.
OK, so Virginia was actually the 13th state to ratify it, but three-fourths of votes were not received within the time frame needed.
OK, so there wasn't a time limit for ratification, but in 1819 there were 21 states in the union so 16 states would need to ratify.
OK, so only 13 states actually needed to ratify, but the US Secretary of State never recieved a 'Certificate of Ratification' from Virginia
That's it. The only remaining argument against ratification of the TONA 13th amendment is that the US Secretary of State didn't recieve a "certificate of ratification." Yet other states have ratified in various other ways over the years that were officially accepted and did not include a Certificate of Ratification.
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