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Book/Printed MaterialAn act for appointing deputies from this Commonwealth to a convention proposed to be held in the city of Philadelphia in May next, for the purpose of revising the fœderal Constitution. Signed: November 9, 1786, read the third time and passed the House of Delegates, John Beckley, C.H.D. November 23, 1786, passed the Senate. H. Brooke, C.S. Imprint from Evans. Evans 20101 LC copy lightly annotated with corrections. Annotated on verso: Inclosure No. 13. Also annotated in pencil with possible dealer notes. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (DLC #131526, 1909). Also available…- Contributor: Dunlap, John - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Brooke, H. - Beckley, John James - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia - Hayes, James
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialTo the inhabitants of King's County : Friends and fellow-citizens, you were addressed a few days since, in Dutch, by a person under the signature of a King's County farmer, intended as … Signed and dated at the end: A Flat-Bush farmer. Flat-Bush, 21st April, 1788. Evans 21502 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Childs, Francis - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Flatbush Farmer - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialTo the people of Maryland : The following facts, disclosing the conduct of the late Convention of Maryland, is submitted to the serious consideration of the citizens of the state. ... Title taken from caption title and opening lines of the text. Signed at the end: William Paca ... [and 3 others], members of the committee. John Love ... [and 7 others], members of the convention. Imprint supplied by Wheeler. Not in Evans. Bristol B6730 Shipton & Mooney 45288 Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 475 LC copy annotated on p. [1]: Joseph H. Nicholson Chester Town Maryland…- Contributor: Green, Frederick - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Nicholson, Joseph Hopper - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Love, John - Paca, William
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialRichmond, state of Virginia. In convention, Wednesday, the 25th of June, 1788 : The convention, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole convention, to … Title taken from caption title and opening lines of the text. Followed by: In convention. Friday, the 27th of June, 1788. Mr. Wythe reported, from the committee appointed, such amendments to the proposed Constitution ... Signed: Extract from the Journal. John Beckley, secretary to the convention. Evans 21553 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Davis, Augustine - Beckley, John James - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia. Convention
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialSupplement to the Independent journal, New-York, July 2, 1788 : In our Independent journal of this morning, we announced the ratification of the new Constitution by the Convention of Virginia : for … Evans 21559 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - M'lean, John - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia. Convention - M'lean, Archibald
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialAn ode for the 4th of July 1788. Attributed to Francis Hopkinson. Cf. Hastings, G.E. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, 1926, p. 407-408. Place and date of publication from Evans. Printer found at lower right, outside ornamental border. Evans 21151 Evans 21346 Hastings, G.E. Hopkinson, p. 407-408 DLC Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Formerly LCCN tes52-820. qr03 09-06-90- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Hopkinson, Francis - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Carey, Mathew
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialOrder of procession, in honor of the establishment of the Constitution of the United States : To parade precisely at eight o'clock in the morning, of Friday, the 4th of July, 1788 … List of participants in four columns. Signed: By order of the Committee of Arrangement, Francis Hopkinson, chairman. Evans 21386 Ford, P.L. Pamphlets, 109 LC copy annotated on verso: Grand Procession July 4th 1788. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Hopkinson, Francis - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Hall & Sellers
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialState of North-Carolina. In convention, August 1, 1788 : The order of the day for taking up the report of the committee of the whole convention, on the proposed Constitution for the … Extracts from the Convention journal, concerning the Declaration of rights and proposed amendments to the federal Constitution. Title taken from caption title and opening lines of the text. Signed at the end: Extract from the Journal, J. Hunt, sec'ry. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 21341 McMurtrie, D.C. North Carolina, 134 LC copy annotated on p. [4]: N Carolina rejection. The word "adoption" is crossed…- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Ferguson, Robert - North Carolina. Convention - Hunt, J. (John)
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialState of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, October session, 1788 : Whereas His Excellency George Clinton, Esq; president of the Convention of New-York, hath transmitted to the legislature of this state … Signed: Henry Ward, secretary. Followed by: In convention, at Poughkeepsie, State of New-York, July 26, 1788. Circular. ... Ratification of the Constitution, by the Convention of the State of New-York. Evans 21431 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1123 LC copy annotated on verso of p. 3: Town Clerk Foster. LC copy imperfect: four corners of folded sheet are wanting. Some text is missing on all…- Contributor: New York (State). Convention - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Rhode Island. General Assembly - Ward, Henry - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Wheeler, Bennett - Clinton, George
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialCongress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred eighty-nine : The conventions of a number of the … Twelve articles printed in two columns. Place and date of publication supplied by Evans. Followed by: State of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, October session, A.D. 1789. It is voted and resolved, that the secretary be directed to cause to be printed one hundred and fifty copies of the amendments ... and that one copy thereof be sent to each town-clerk ... Signed:…- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Congress (1st, 1st Session : 1789) - United States. Congress - Ward, Henry - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Wheeler, Bennett
- Date: 1789
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Book/Printed MaterialWe the people of the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish the following constitution … "The first draft of the report of the Committee of Five of the Federal Convention. Printed, for the use of members, in an edition of sixty copies, on one side of seven leaves, only"--Evans. Caption title. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 20815 Ford, P.L. Pamphlets, 20 Journals of the Continental Congress, 588 LC copy annotated in pencil on leaf [1]: (1787, Aug.) Report of…- Contributor: United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialAn Address of the subscribers members of the late House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to their constituents. Caption title. Signed on p. 3: James M'Calmont ... [and 15 others]. Saturday Sept. 29th, 1787. Imprint supplied by Bristol. Not in Evans. Bristol B6434 Shipton & Mooney 45026 LC copy annotated on p. 3: Published & sold Oct. 2, 1787. The word "distributed" is crossed out and is replaced by the word "sold." Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Also available…- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - M'calmont, James - Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialEine Addresse der Endsunterschriebenen, Glieder des letztern Hauses der Representanten der Republik Pennsylvanien, an ihre Constituenten. German translation of: An address of the subscribers members of the late House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to their constituents. Signed at the end: James M'Calmont ... [and 16 others]. Samstag den 29sten Sept. 1787. Imprint supplied by Evans. Text in three columns. Evans 20622 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Pencilled on verso: 2-87-267.4.…- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - M'calmont, James - Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialState of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D. 1789 : An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve … Signed: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, sec'ry. Date and place of publication supplied by Evans. Evans 22109 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1180 LC copy annotated on verso: Town-clerk East-Greenwich. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Rhode Island - Ward, Henry - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Carter, John
- Date: 1789
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Book/Printed MaterialVirginia, to wit: General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven … Imprint from Evans. Evans 20842 Ford, P.L. Pamphlets, 126 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Formerly LCCN tes54-325. qr01 09-06-90- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Dixon, John - Virginia - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention, of the state of Pennsylvania, to their constituents. Caption title. Signed on p. [3] by Nathaniel Breading and twenty others; followed by the vote of the convention on ratification of the Constitution. Dated: Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 1787. Imprint from colophon. Text in three columns. Evans 20618 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Breading, Nathaniel - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Oswald, Eleazer - Pennsylvania. Convention
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialExtract from an Address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the federal Constitution. Attributed to John Jay by Bristol. Imprint supplied by Bristol. Text in three columns. Includes: A sermon on the slave trade ... Not in Evans. Bristol B6721 Shipton & Mooney 45277 LC copy annotated on verso: Federal Constitution. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (DLC #128835, 1908). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Jay, John
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialFriends, countrymen and fellow-citizens! : The present crisis demands your serious attention. You are now about giving your suffrages for members of the General Assembly ... Signed: A Constitutional mechanic. Imprint from Bristol. Not in Evans. Bristol B6491 Shipton & Mooney 45069 LC copy annotated on verso: 1786 Election Paper. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Department, Library of Congress. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Note on folder: Supp. Independent Chronicle Sept. 22 1787. qr01 09-22-89 Formerly LCCN tes54-326. qr01 09-22-90- Contributor: Constitutional Mechanic - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialCentinel, no. II : To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated ... Attributed to George Bryan. Cf. Konkle, B.A. George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, p. 313. Signed on p. 2: Centinel. Originally printed in: Freeman's journal, Oct. 24, 1787. All other Centinel letters were first published in the Independent gazetteer. Variant printing of Evans 20249. Text in two columns. Not in Evans or Bristol. Konkle, B.A. George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, p.…- Contributor: Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Bryan, George
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialWe, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranqulity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the … Text of the Constitution as ratified by the Constitutional Convention on Sept. 17, 1787. Date of publication from Evans. Text in three columns. Evans 20822 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1104 ESTC W15103 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Transfer; Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. LC copy annotated at top of p. [2]: Town-clerk of East-Greenwich. Formerly U.S. Broadside…- Contributor: Carter, John - United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - United States
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialState of Rhode-Island, &c. In General Assembly, February session, A.D. 1788 : An act submitting to the consideration of the freemen of this state, the report of the convention of delegates for … Signed: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, secretary. Variant of Evans 21429. LC copy annotated on verso: Warwick. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Rhode Island - Ward, Henry - Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) - Wheeler, Bennett
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialPhiladelphia. In Congress, Thursday, September 22, 1774 : Resolved, that the Congress request the merchants and others, in the several colonies, not to send to Great Britain any orders for goods, and … Bristol B3890 Shipton & Mooney 42733 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Thomson, Charles - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1774
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Book/Printed MaterialIn Congress, April 3, 1776 : Resolved, that every person intending to set forth and fit out a private ship or vessel of war, and applying for a commission or letters of … Signed: By order of Congress, [blank] president. Imprint supplied from Evans. Evans 15138 Journals of the Continental Congress, 105 LC copy signed in ms.: John Hancock. Annotated on verso: Duplicates. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1776
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Book/Printed MaterialAn ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western Territory. Reported to the Continental Congress on May 28, 1784. Not enacted. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 27, p. 446-453. Caption title. Imprint supplied by Evans. Evans 18842 Journals of the Continental Congress, 438 Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 357 LC copy annotated on verso of p. [3]: Western Territory. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Dunlap, John - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1784
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Book/Printed MaterialThe grand committee consisting of Mr. Stone, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Gerry, Mr. Howell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. De Witt, Mr. Dick, Mr. Hand, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Read, to whom were … Followed by: The grand committee to whom was referred a letter of the governor of Massachusetts, of the 28th of October 1783, relative to the continental bills of credit of the old emissions, submit the following ...; and by: The grand committee to whom was referred a letter from the superintendant of finance, of the 29th of April last, are of opinion ... "These…- Contributor: Dunlap, John - United States. Continental Congress - Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1784
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