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This table presents the data on the archival discoveries of State and Territorial Publications from 1816 through 1876 that show the inclusion of the 13th Titles of Nobility and Honour Amendment to the Constitution for the United States.

State Ratified Date Pre 1820
Official Publ.
Post 1820
Official Publ.
Delaware YesFeb. 2, 1811   
Pennsylvania Yes Feb. 6, 1811 1818 1824,1831
New Jersey Yes Feb. 13, 1811    
Georgia Yes Dec. 13, 1811 1819 1822,1837,1846
Connecticut No May 11,1813   1821,1824,1835,
1839
Massachusetts Yes Feb. 27, 1812 1816 1823
Maryland Yes Dec. 25, 1810    
South Carolina No Action Dec. 21, 1814    
New Hampshire Yes Dec. 10, 1812    
Virginia Yes Mar. 12, 1819 1819  
New York No May 1, 1813    
North Carolina Yes Dec. 23, 1811 1819 1828
Rhode Island Yes Rejected
Sep. 15, 1814.
  1822
Vermont Yes Oct. 24, 1811    
Kentucky Yes Jan. 31, 1811   1822
Tennessee Yes Nov. 21, 1811    
Ohio Yes Jan. 31, 1811 1819 1824,1831,1833,
1835,1848
Louisiana Yes     1825,1838
Indiana Yes     1824,1831,1838
Mississippi Yes     1823,1824,1839
Illinois Yes     1823,1825,1827,
1833,1839,1845
Alabama Unnown   Unknown Unknown
Maine Yes The rediscovery document
found by Dodge and Dunn
in 1983 is the 1825
1825,1831
Missouri Yes     1825,1835,1840,
1841,1845
Arkansas Unknown      
Michigan Yes     Terr. Publication
1827,1833
Florida Yes     Terr. Publication
1823,1825,1838
Texas Unknown      
Iowa Yes     Terr. Publication
1839,1842,1843
Wisconsin Yes     N.W. Terr. Publ.
1833
California Unknown      
Minnesota Yes     N.W. Terr. Publ.
1833
Oregon Unknown      
Kansas Yes     1855,1861,1862,
1868
West Virginia Yes     Va. Publ. 1819
Nevada Unknown      
Nebraska Yes     Terr. Publ.1855,
1856,1857,1858,
1859,1860,1861,
1862,
State Publ.1873
Colorado Yes     Terr. Publ.1861,
1862,1864,1865,
1866,1867, 1868
North Dakota Yes     Terr. Publication
1862,1863,1867
South Dakota Yes     Terr. Publication
1862,1863,1867
Montana Unknown      
Washington Unknown      
Idaho Unknown      
Wyoming Yes     Terr. Publication
1869,1876

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