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The constitution or frame of government, for the United States of America, as reported by the convention of delegates, from the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, on the first Monday of May, 1787, and continued by adjournments to the seventeenth day of September following.--Which they resolved, should be laid before the United States in Congress assembled; and afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state, by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification. Together with the resolutions of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for calling said convention, agreeable to the recommendation of Congress. Published by order of government.

Title: The constitution or frame of government, for the United States of America, [electronic resource] : as reported by the convention of delegates, from the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, on the first Monday of May, 1787, and continued by adjournments to the seventeenth day of September following.--Which they resolved, should be laid before the United States in Congress assembled; and afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state, by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification. Together with the resolutions of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for calling said convention, agreeable to the recommendation of Congress. Published by order of government.
Author: United States.
Publication: [Boston] : Printed at Boston, Massachusetts by Adams and Nourse, printers to the Honourable the General Court, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]

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32p.; 16⁰.

Uniform Title

Constitution
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Alternative Title

Constitution

Subject

Constitutions > United States > Early works to 1800

Note

Two states noted. In the first, on p. 24, Gouverneur Wilson is incorrectly listed for Gouverneur Morris as a signer of the Constitution. In the second state, the error is corrected.
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Evans
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Reproduction (note)

Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642788714
W30530

Author

United States.

Title

The constitution or frame of government, for the United States of America, [electronic resource] : as reported by the convention of delegates, from the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, on the first Monday of May, 1787, and continued by adjournments to the seventeenth day of September following.--Which they resolved, should be laid before the United States in Congress assembled; and afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state, by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification. Together with the resolutions of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for calling said convention, agreeable to the recommendation of Congress. Published by order of government.

Imprint

[Boston] : Printed at Boston, Massachusetts by Adams and Nourse, printers to the Honourable the General Court, M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

Indexed In:

Evans, 20801

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, W30530.

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Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Boston.

Added Author

Adams, Thomas, 1757?-1799, printer.

Nourse, John, 1762?-1790, printer.

Gale (Firm)

Massachusetts. General Court. Author

Massachusetts. General Court.

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