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Book/Printed Material We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

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Title

  • We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Names

  • United States
  • United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
  • Carter, John, 1745-1814, printer
  • Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Providence : Printed by John Carter, [1787]

Headings

  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Providence

Genre

  • Broadsides--Rhode Island--Providence--1787
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Rhode Island--Providence--1787

Notes

  • -  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
  • -  Transfer; Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  LC copy annotated at top of p. [2]: Town-clerk of East-Greenwich.
  • -  Formerly U.S. Broadside portfolio 211, no. 5e. qr03 10-02-90
  • -  LAC sba 2021-05-21 update (1 card)
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2764. LAC sba 2021-05-21.
  • -  LAC sba 2021-05-26 no edits (1 card)
  • -  Scanned card stamped as no. 2765. LAC sba 2021-05-26.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 39 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Const Conv no. 8
  • Const Conv no. 8 Copy 2

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898138

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States, United States Constitutional Convention, John Carter, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. [Providence: Printed by John Carter, 1787] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898138/.

APA citation style:

United States, United States Constitutional Convention, Carter, J. & Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. (1787) We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. [Providence: Printed by John Carter] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898138/.

MLA citation style:

United States, et al. We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. [Providence: Printed by John Carter, 1787] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898138/>.