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Book/Printed Material We 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 for the government of ourselves and our posterity.

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Title

  • We 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 for the government of ourselves and our posterity.

Names

  • United States.
  • United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
  • Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : s.n., 1787]

Headings

  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  "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 Committee of Detail. (Between Aug 1 and Aug 6).
  • -  Formerly Const Conv Bside no. 21. qr03 08-16-90

Medium

  • 7 leaves ; 41 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Const Conv no. 1a

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898130

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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United States, United States Constitutional Convention, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. We 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 for the government of ourselves and our posterity. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1787] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898130/.

APA citation style:

United States, United States Constitutional Convention & Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. (1787) We 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 for the government of ourselves and our posterity. [Philadelphia: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898130/.

MLA citation style:

United States, United States Constitutional Convention, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. We 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 for the government of ourselves and our posterity. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1787] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898130/>.