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Book/Printed Material Congress 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

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  • Congress 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 states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added ... Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Constitution ...

Names

  • United States. Congress 1789)
  • Ward, Henry, 1732-1797.
  • Wheeler, Bennett, 1756-1806, printer.
  • Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Providence] : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, [1789]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Constitution.--1st-10th Amendments
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Providence

Genre

  • Broadsides--Rhode Island--Providence

Notes

  • -  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: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, sec'ry.
  • -  Evans 22202
  • -  Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1186
  • -  LC copy annotated on verso: Town clerk East-Greenwich.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 40 x 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Const Conv no. 19

Source Collection

  • Broadsides, leaflets, and pamphlets from America and Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898145

OCLC Number

  • rbpe00000600

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress 1789), Henry Ward, Bennett Wheeler, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. Congress 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 states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added ... Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Constitution. [Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1789] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898145/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress 1789), Ward, H., Wheeler, B. & Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. (1789) Congress 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 states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added ... Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Constitution. [Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898145/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress 1789), et al. Congress 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 states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added ... Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Constitution. [Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1789] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898145/>.