<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> becomes the second state to ratify the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Constitution" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="US Constitution">US Constitution</a>.<sup about="#mwt25" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_12#cite_note-3" id="mwKA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwKQ">[3]</span></a></sup>
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