Book/Printed Material Image 1 of Centinel, no. II : To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated ...

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Title

  • Centinel, no. II : To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated ...

Names

  • Bryan, George, 1731-1791.
  • Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia? : s.n., 1787?]

Headings

  • -  United States.--Constitution
  • -  Freedom of the press--United States
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1787
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1787

Notes

  • -  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. 313
  • -  LC copy annotated in pencil: Taken from Penn. Packet, Oct. 20, 1787.

Medium

  • 1 sheet (2 p.) ; 44 x 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Const Conv no. 7

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898133

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Bryan, George, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. Centinel, no. II: To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated. [Philadelphia?: s.n., ?, 1787] Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/90898133/.

APA citation style:

Bryan, G. & Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. (1787) Centinel, no. II: To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated. [Philadelphia?: s.n., ?] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90898133/.

MLA citation style:

Bryan, George, and Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection. Centinel, no. II: To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated. [Philadelphia?: s.n., ?, 1787] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/90898133/>.