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Where did North Carolina ratify the U.S. Constitution after the Hillsborough convention failed?
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Ayr Mount, a restored plantation house built in 1815, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
The first convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution in North Carolina was held in Hillsborough in 1788, but it failed to pass. The Constitution was ultimately ratified the following year in Fayetteville.1