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Book/Printed Material 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 ...

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  • 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)
  • Greenleaf, Thomas, 1755-1798, printer.
  • James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New-York : Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, [1789?]

Headings

  • -  Constitutional amendments--United States

Notes

  • -  Twelve articles, the Bill of Rights as submitted to the states.
  • -  Bristol 7099
  • -  ESTC W40060
  • -  Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers, vol. 76, p. 34.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 1 sheet (2 p.) ; 34 x 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E302 .M192 1783 vol. 1, no. 64

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 92838253

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  • pdf
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United States Congress 1789), Thomas Greenleaf, and James Madison Pamphlet Collection. 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. [New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, ?, 1789] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/92838253/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress 1789), Greenleaf, T. & James Madison Pamphlet Collection. (1789) 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. [New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/92838253/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress 1789), Thomas Greenleaf, and James Madison Pamphlet Collection. 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. [New-York: Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, ?, 1789] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/92838253/>.