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178824836Boston MA 1788. No binding. Condition: Fine. Massachusetts Centinel illustrator. Newspaper. Massachusetts Centinel February 13 1788 Volume VIII pp. 171-174. Boston: Benjamin Russell. 4 pp. 9 5/8 x 14 7/8 in. This newspaper is replete with Constitution-related content including minutes from the debates of Massachusetts' State Ratifying Convention - everything from discourse on standing armies to Fisher Ames' hearkening back to 1775 with "WE MUST UNITE OR DIE"; a poem to Washington on his birthday; a fictional dialogue The Federal Anti-Federalist Returned to His Neighbours; a rare example of one of Benjamin Russell's famed 'Pillars' illustration series; and a great deal of reporting on the popular reception of the news of ratification expressed in particular by an enormous parade and surrounding celebrations. The Massachusetts Centinel employed the Federal Pillars political imagery to announce the ratification of the Constitution by successive states. In this issue the Centinel announces the pending ratification by New Hampshire. "This day the Convention of the State of New Hampshire meet at Exeter for the purpose of erecting another PILLAR to support the great Federal Superstructure; by ratifying the proposed Constitution." On February 6 1788 Massachusetts ratified the United States Constitution by a vote of 187 to 168 the sixth and largest state to do so. Two days later the people of Boston engaged in a grand procession led by the "Mechanicks" and Tradesmen of Boston "to express their approbation of the conduct of the Gentlemen who represented this town in the late Convention" p3/c2. A sampling of the groups of marchers most of whom carried implements and tools of their professions festooned for the occasion as detailed here p4c1-2: 73 Blacksmiths; 43 Shipwrights; 75 Rope-makers with part of a rope-walk on a sled and martial music; 30 Mast-makers; 36 Sail-makers; 34 Ship-joiners; 30 Block-makers pulley makers; 6 Mathematical Instrument Makers makers of navigation equipment etc.; 53 Coopers; 20 Boat-builders; 6 Pewterers; 40 Bakers 50 Shoe-makers; 56 Taylors; 26 Hatters; 20 Ship-builders; 136 Carpenters; 70 Masons; 30 Wheelwrights; 15 Printers; as well as a dozen other tradegroups such Bookbinders; Goldsmiths and Jewelers Saddlers Tobacconists Tanners Curriers Leather-dressers Cabinetmakers Carvers Painters Tinsmiths Coppersmiths and 250 of the "principal merchants in the town." Toward the middle of this assemblage thirteen horses pulled the ship "FEDERAL CONSTITUTION" manned by a crew of thirteen. A subtext of much of this was an emphasis on domestic manufactures as well as a celebration of Boston's power and potential in maritime trade.At this event "WE THE PEOPLE" of Boston "in GRAND PROCESSION MOVING" passed an ordinance to rename Long Lane as Federal Street in commemoration of the site where the convention had sat. The ordinance concluded "GIVEN under our auspices.the FIRST YEAR of OUR real political federal existence.GOD SPEED THE CONSTITUTION!" p1/c1. That night a long boat called "the Old Confederation" which had been exhibited during the parade was drawn to the Common and condemned "as unfit for any further service." The boat was immediately burned "in presence of an applauding concourse of citizens" p3/c2. On February 12 the twelve delegates who represented Boston in the ratifying convention including John Hancock and Samuel Adams responded to the procession in a letter to "the Committee of Tradesmen of the Town of Boston." Excerpt: "We endeavoured that our conduct in the late Convention should be governed by the magnitude of our subject:-And after the most mature deliberation we severally decided according to the best light of our understandings and the dictates of our consciences." "We are happy to find that our decisions have so fully corresponded with the sentiments and wishes of our constituents."<br /> books
185823739.02Washington 1858. No binding. Very Good. Pamphlet. Kansas-Lecompton Convention. Speech of Senator Douglas of Illinois on the President's Message. Delivered in the Senate of the United States December 9 1858. Washington: Buell & Blanchard. 1858. 16 pp. Inscribed in period ink ""From Hon. John Sherman."" ConditionDisbound; toned overall but very good. books
1791262411Paris: Baudoin 1791. hardcover. near fine. 2 37 4 4 151 82 pages. 12mo handsomely bound in full contemporary mottled calf chipped at top of spine; gilt-stamped spine with leather spine labels; marbled end-papers. Paris: Baudouin Imprimeur de L'Assemblee Nationale 1791.<br/><br/> First written constitution of France. Many different printings appeared within days of the original folio edition this is likely the first 12mo edition. Included in this volume with separate paginations are: Message du Roi a l'Assemblee 13 Set. 1791; Discours et Serment du Roi. 14 Sept 1791; La Declaration des Droits de L'Homme et du Citoyen Includes comparison of the laws of many peoples ancient and modern and particularly the declarations of different American states Paris l'an troisieme de la liberte. Also Bound-in is another copy of the Declaration des Droits de l"Homme Paris: Chez Baudoin 1790.<br/><br/> Baudoin unknown books
178830007.003Philadelphia PA 1788. No binding. Fine. Independent Gazetteer; or The Chronicle of Freedom. Newspaper. Independent Gazetteer; or The Chronicle of Freedom Philadelphia Pa. May 6 1788. 4 pp. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. The Maryland ratifying convention suggests some amendments along with their approval of the Constitution. ExcerptsFrom page 3:""From the MARYLAND GAZETTE or April 29 1788. The CONVENTION of this state on Saturday last determined to ratify the proposed plan of Federal Government. -YEAS 63 NAYS 11-And then appointed a committee of thirteen members to consider and report amendments to be recommended to the people. -The following amendments were proposed by a member and referred to the committee who are now sitting-And it is hoped that the great and essential rights of the people will be declared and secured.- PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.Wherefore whenever the ends of Government are perverted and public liberty manifestedly endangered and all other means of redress are ineffectual the people may and of right ought to object to reform the old or establish a new Government-that the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. All imposts and duties laid by Congress shall be placed to the credit of the state in which the same be collected. That there shall be no national religion established by law; but that all persons be equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty. That the Supreme Federal Courts shall not admit to fictions to extend its jurisdiction; nor shall citizens of the same state having controversies with each other be suffered to make collusive assignments of their rights to the citizens of another state for the purpose of defeating the jurisdiction of the State Courts; nor shall any matter or question already determined in the State Courts be revived or agitated in the Federal Courts. That Congress have no power to lay a Poll-Tax. That the people have a right to freedom of speech of writing and publishing their sentiments and therefore that the freedom of the PRESS ought not to be restrained and the printing presses ought to be free to examine the proceedings of Government and the conduct of its officers.""From page 2: Protesting the Slave Trade by Boycotting West Indian Produce""A CAUTION.WHEREAS in the year 1787 some vessels were fitted out at the port of Philadelphia for the iniquitous purpose of stealing the inhabitants of Africa from all the endearments of domestic life; one of which vessels has succeeded in obtaining a number of poor blacks and has taken the to a port in the West Indies where they are under the iron hand of oppression. From this shameful traffic this horrid source the proprietors of the vessel have purchased some West India produce which after landing at Wilmington they have brought up to this city and offered for sale. It is a grateful circumstance to the supporters of the common rights of mankind that the virtuous inhabitants of the city reprobate the horrid idea.-A correspondent hopes that the citizens will further testify their disapprobation of the practice by turning with indignation from the purchase of any property thus basely procured by men so lost to the common feelings of humanity; notwithstanding the patriotic convention at which Washington presided have declared that this abominable traffic shall be continued for TWENTY years by the people of America.From page 1:An advertisement with engraving for a ""Line of Stages"" between Philadelphia and New York started by four partners who split off from an established stage line and promising better service. From page 4:An advertisement for another different ""New Line of Stages."" And a report on the creation of a Philadelphia committee for the relief of the nearly 100 Americans captured by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates. unknown books
184137248Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." 4 pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed a bit of crimping. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights.<br/> The New Age a rare newspaper was an organ of the Rhode Island Suffrage Association allied with Thomas Dorr urging universal white male suffrage. unknown books
1881664891881. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Are New Hampshire's U.S. Senators Serving Shorter Terms Than Their Fellow Senators Broadside. New Hampshire. U.S. Constitution. Opinion of the Supreme Court. To the Senate of New Hampshire Running Title. Concord NH June 10 1881. 18" x 9-1/2" broadside. Text in parallel columns. Light browning vertical and horizontal fold lines some with clean tears at edges. $350. This broadside records an opinion submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. It states that New Hampshire's election schedule for state offices results in terms for New Hampshire's U.S. Senators that are three months shorter than those of other senators. It questions how to adjust the election cycle to guarantee 6-year terms to New Hampshire's senators which were then elected by the state senate. Signed in type by C. Doe Wm. L. Foster C.W. Stanley W.H.H. Allen Isaac W. Smith Leis W. Clark I.N. Blodgett. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. unknown books
1845700771845. French-Language Account of Louisiana's 1845 Constitutional Convention Louisiana. Constitution of 1845. Foullouze Foulhouze James Reporter. Rapports Officiels Des Devats sic de la Convention la Louisiane. New Orleans: J. Bayon Imprimeur de la Convention 1845. i 460 11 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2 x 6-1/4. Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper location label to spine endleaves added. Some soiling and light shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Light browning and foxing to text early mark sin pencil to a few passages lower corners lacking from a few leaves with no loss to text library stamp to title page "8049" in early hand to its verso. $1850. Only edition. Louisiana's first constitution was adopted in 1812 its second in 1845. More liberal than its predecessor it expanded white male suffrage established public schools and granted the right of appeal to felons sentenced to death or hard labor. The final 11 pages contain a French translation of the 1845 Constitution. Also issued in English Foullouze's report is not to be confused with the Official Reports of Debates 1844 a different account by an anonymous author. The French edition of Foullouze's report is scarce the English edition in rare. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1390. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 150. unknown books
178721085.99<p>"<i>We the People of the United States…</i>"</p><p>This rare complete printing of the Constitution appeared on the first day it was publicly available Wednesday September 19 1787. That same morning the Constitution was published by four other papers the <i>Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser</i> <i>Pennsylvania Journal Pennsylvania Gazette</i> and <i>Freeman's Journal.</i> The <i>Independent Gazetteer</i>is unique in that it is the only one of the five first-day printings whose type was evidently not used to print another stand-alone edition.</p> <b>U.S. CONSTITUTION.</b>Newspaper. <i>The Independent Gazetteer or the Chronicle of Freedom</i>. Philadelphia: Eleazer Oswald September 19 1787. 4 pp.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>This issue of <i>The Independent Gazetteer and Chronicle of Freedom</i> a daily Anti-Federalist newspaper prints the "<i>Plan of the New Federal Government</i>" in full followed by the Federal Convention's resolution submitting the Constitution to Congress and the accompanying transmittal letter. All three are signed in type by George Washington as president of the Convention.</p><p>The Constitution was approved by the Convention on Monday September 17. The text of the official version was set that evening and a very limited number were printed for the use of the delegates. After being drafted in complete secrecy the Constitution was first made public on the morning of Tuesday September 18 when it was read before the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The next morning Wednesday September 19 the five newspapers mentioned above all published the Constitution. It is often assumed that the <i>Pennsylvania Packet</i> was the first public printing as the publishers Dunlap and Claypoole were the official printers to the Constitutional Convention. In fact there is no evidence that the <i>Packet</i> actually was published first or appeared on the streets of Philadelphia that day any earlier than its four rivals. All five are considered first editions with surviving copies of the <i>Packet</i> the most common.</p><p>The dissemination of the Constitution in newspapers is of considerable interest and importance as it was through this medium that most Americans became familiar with the new form of government proposed by the Convention. One careful researcher Leonard Rapport of the National Archives has identified four Philadelphia newspapers which also carried the text of the Constitution on the same day this was after all news of the highest importance and one the Philadelphia <i>Evening Chronicle</i> which may <i>hypothetically</i> have carried the text in an issue dated 18 September "Printing the Constitution" pp. 69-90. But to date no copy of the <i>Evening Chronicle</i> of that date is known to be extant see Rapport's other article "Newspaper Printings of the Constitution".</p><p>The <i>Pennsylvania Packet</i> printing has been accorded primacy for two principal reasons. First the <i>Packet</i>was printed by John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole official printers to the Convention itself. Together as partners or separately Claypoole may originally have been a junior partner they had printed nearly everything issued by Congress since 1775 including the 1776 Declaration of Independence. Second with the exception of the Constitution's six-line preamble "We the people…" the text is <i>entirely printed from the same setting of type used for the official Congressional printing.</i>As Rapport notes the 5000 words of the Constitution represented "nearly one man-day of composition time" for the printer so sensibly to make use of the wider margins of the <i>Packet's</i> larger sheets they reset the preamble in large type with a large capital "W" below the masthead and simply reimposed the rest of their standing type to fit onto the paper's four larger-size pages. The case might be summed up by emphasizing that the present <i>Pennsylvania Packet</i> text of the Constitution was struck from the identical setting of lead type that had printed the sheets of the official Congressional printings sheets that Jacob Shallus calligrapher used when he copied onto parchment the engrossed document to which the delegates signed their names.</p><p>"By October 6 only twenty days after the Federal Convention at least fifty-five of the approximately eighty newspapers of the period had printed the.Constitution." Rapport "Printing the Constitution" p.89. With the text of the Constitution before the people thanks to a free press the great debate on its ratification would begin a debate which continued until ratification by the original thirteen states was completed in 1790 and culminated in 1791 by the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Despite the tremendous changes since 1787 in the nation and the people governed by the Constitution Bernstein meaningfully notes "the evolution of American politics and society continues to be shaped by the Constitution and by the principles and doctrines built into it by the men who drafted it. That the Constitution has worked as well as it has is a tribute to its flexibility and to the foresight of those who created it. That it may still be defective or capable of improvement is a challenge to us to equal the courage imagination and versatility of the Revolutionary generation of Americans" <i>Are We To Be A Nation</i> p.272.</p> Eleazer Oswald books
184137252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. <br/> In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown books
187416168Atlanta 1874. Broadsheet 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture using the Thomas Patent Smoothing Harrow and Broadcast Reaper; and advice to every Georgia planter to "plant at least one to five acres of millet. unknown books
178737045Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey 1787. 3 212-311 1 pp. Widely scattered light foxing; final few leaves with some blank inner margin wear. Pages 276-286 print in Very Good condition the proposed U.S. Constitution claimed as its first magazine printing. Overall Good in modern pale grey paper over boards.<br/><br/> This September issue is credited along with another Philadelphia publication 'The Columbian Magazine' as the first periodical printing of the Constitution of the United States. The prefacing paragraph and Preamble are also printed: "The Constitution framed for the united states of America by a convention of deputies from the states . at a session begun May 14 and ended September 17 1787. We the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish justice." After the Constitution signatures in type of George Washington and other delegates listed by state are printed; followed by Washington's two transmittal letters to the States and Congress's resolution signed in type by Charles Thomson as Secretary "recommending the appointment of state conventions to consider the preceding constitution". <br/> The Constitution is not the only item of importance contained in this September number. It also has an early American printing of Benjamin Franklin's "Information for those who wish to remove to America" first printed privately in Passy in 1784; and several other essays on American commerce politics and culture.<br/>Lomazow 22e. Evans 20194. Printed by Mathew Carey unknown books
1789100147<p>8vo later calf backed marbled boards 320 202 pp. Edges and covers rubbed occasional bit of foxing but overall very good. The most important feature of this collection is an early British printing of the United States Constitution p.289-300. Also contains a curious description of two Negro children with some unusual physical markings see p.53-55. Very interesting coverage of a few executions including a woman who was hanged for forgery is also provided.</p> J. Dodsley hardcover books
1787WRCAM55477APhiladelphia: Printed for Seddon Spotswood Cist and Trenchard 1787. 2615-674pp. plus one plate of two. Lacks folding table. Engraved and letterpress titlepages. Later blue wrappers with facsimile of printed volume titlepage mounted on front wrapper. Moderate soiling to wrappers. Minor toning and foxing to text closed marginal repair to one leaf. About very good. The first periodical printing of the United States Constitution probably issued within a week of its release as a broadside. The Constitutional Convention ratified its final draft on Monday Sept. 17 1787. The following day the broadside version issued for members of the Convention was printed by Dunlap and Claypoole the official printers. On September 19 the same printers issued the first public printing of the Constitution in their newspaper THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET. The present magazine was probably printed late in the week and the final signature containing the Constitution and recent news was probably printed on Saturday September 22. This is the latest internal date on the last page and actually refers to an event that took place on the 17th as "Monday last." From a survey of Mott's HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES in the period it seems that it was common practice to issue monthly publications by the last week of every month. This issue would seem to have been out and in general circulation by Monday the 24th one week after the end of the Convention. Its version of the Constitution was executed most likely on the 22nd four days after the official broadside and three days after the first public newspaper appearance. This issue also contains the text of John Quincy Adams's Harvard commencement address he finished second in a class of fifty-one which was given in Cambridge on July 18 1787. It is his first published writing. This copy contains one of the two plates published in this issue lacking the folding plate of the Natural Bridge in Virginia and the folding table of meteorological observations. <br> <br> THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE was a distinguished publication of the period. Mott calls it one of the best 18th-century American magazines. It began in September 1786 and was well established with Mathew Carey's AMERICAN MUSEUM as one of the two major periodicals then being issued in Philadelphia or for that matter the country at the time. Since the magazine probably had wider circulation than the newspapers issued in Philadelphia it is likely that this printing was one of the chief means of disseminating the Constitution immediately after its first publication. <br> <br> An exceptionally early and important printing of the Constitution. MOTT HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES I pp.94-9. EVANS 20280. Wilbur T. Roberts "They Printed the Declaration and the Constitution" in THE MENTOR July 1928 pp.52-54. Leonard A. Rapport "Printing the Constitution" in PROLOGUE: THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Fall 1970 pp.69-89. Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard unknown books
1787WRCAM55477Philadelphia: Printed for Seddon Spotswood Cist and Trenchard 1787. pp.615-674 plus two plates one folding and a folding table of Meteorological Observations. Antique-style calf gilt ornamental border on boards gilt leather label. Moderate foxing and toning. Extensive annotations in light pencil. Very good overall. The first periodical printing of the United States Constitution probably issued within a week of its release as a broadside. The Constitutional Convention ratified its final draft on Monday Sept. 17 1787. The following day Sept. 18 the broadside version issued for members of the Convention was printed by Dunlap and Claypoole the official printers. On Sept. 19 the same printers issued the first public printing of the Constitution in their newspaper THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET. The present magazine was probably printed late in the week and the final signature containing the Constitution and recent news was probably printed on Saturday Sept. 22. This is the last internal date on the last page and actually refers to an event that took place on the 17th as "Monday last." From a survey of Mott's HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES in the period it seems that it was common practice to issue monthly publications by the last week of every month. This issue would seem to have been out and in general circulation by Monday the 24th one week after the end of the Convention. Its version of the Constitution was executed most likely on the 22nd four days after the official broadside and three days after the first public newspaper appearance. This issue also contains the text of John Quincy Adams's Harvard commencement address he finished second in a class of fifty-one which was given in Cambridge on July 18 1787. It is his first published writing. <br> <br> THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE was a distinguished publication of the period. Mott calls it one of the best 18th-century American magazines. It began in September 1786 and was well established with Mathew Carey's AMERICAN MUSEUM as one of the two major periodicals then being issued in Philadelphia or for that matter the country at the time. Since the magazine probably had wider circulation than the newspapers issued in Philadelphia it is likely that this printing was one of the chief means of disseminating the Constitution immediately after its first publication. <br> <br> An exceptionally early and important printing of the Constitution. MOTT HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES I pp.94-9. EVANS 20280. Wilbur T. Roberts "They Printed the Declaration and the Constitution" in THE MENTOR July 1928 pp.52-54. Leonard A. Rapport "Printing the Constitution" in PROLOGUE: THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Fall 1970 pp.69-89. Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard hardcover books
186434502Baltimore: Pr. & Pub. byJohn Murphy & Co. 1864. 8vo. 107 1 pp. <br><br>With Marginal Notes and References to Acts of the General Assembly and Decisions of the Court of Appeals and an Appendix and Index by Edward Otis Hinkley."<br>Â Â Â Â A short-lived document: the third of the four constitutions of the state of Maryland. Born of the Civil War it outlawed slavery and disenfranchised Southern sympathizers; it was in effect only until 1867.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: "Stinnecke Maryland Episcopal Library. Contemporary law sheep covers detached spine leather mostly perished. Ex-library with stamps. Only a good copy. Pr. & Pub. byJohn Murphy & Co. hardcover books
1953020402Washington: Government Printing Office 1953. xxxiv 1361p. original blue cloth large quarto format. U.S. Congres. 82d 2d Session. Senate document 170. Government Printing Office unknown books
188721542Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. 1887. 8vo. 46 pp. <br><br>Original wrappers are missing; stapled. Ownership inscription on title-page. Ex-library with rubber-stamp of six-digit inventory number on page 1. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. unknown books
1802106375<p>8vo period calf rebacked with leather 2 266 pp. Joints cracked rebacking crude some wear to covers paper slightly fragile front endpaper detached other front endpaper with piece missing ink name on front pastedown some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution and Declaration of Independence this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont Delaware Georgia and Kentucky with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition. </p> William Duane, books
1806184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover books
1716WRCLIT65972London: Printed for John Baker at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row 1716. 4351pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume untrimmed. Somewhat dusty and lightly foxed upper blank fore-margin of half-title torn away otherwise a good copy. First edition. ESTC locates a single edition but with the date inferential 1716. The present copy is explicitly dated. The occasional attribution to Ayliffe is noted by ESTC but is problematic as the issues herein pertain to charges of disturbing the peace and political rowdiness while at a tavern rather than to the issues that preoccupied Ayliffe at the time. ESTC locates 9 copies in North America. ESTC N24401. Printed for John Baker, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row unknown books
178726098<p>"<i>WE the People of the United States in order to form a more perfect union establish justice insure 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 of the United States of America</i>."</p> <b>CONSTITUTION.</b>Newspaper. <i>The New-Haven Gazette and The Connecticut Magazine</i>. September 27 1787. M.DCC.LXXXVII No 32. Printed and Published by Josiah Meigs. Signed in type by George Washington and the other 38 delegates who signed the Constitution. 8 pp. Quarto 8.625 x 10.125 inches. 249-256 though what should be page 255 is mis-numbered 247 as is the case with the other copies we have seen of this edition. Accompanied by title and index leaves printed slightly later for binding after end of year.<br /><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Having just been approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17th the complete text of the Constitution was published in the <i>New-Haven Gazette</i>just ten days later along with the transmitting documents conveying the Convention's request that it be laid before Congress and afterwards submitted to "<i>a convention of Delegates chosen in each state by the People thereof.</i>" Resolved that if nine States ratify electors should be chosen for a presidential election and that the machinery of the new government be set in place.</p><p>The Articles of Association Congress in New York debated for two days and a day after this printing officially sent the Constitution to the states for ratification. State ratification conventions would soon pit Federalist against Anti-Federalist in impassioned debates over the implications of the Constitution and its extension of national government power and influence.</p><p>This is the earliest available Connecticut printing of the Constitution. The Connecticut Journal printed it one day earlier but we can find no copies in market sales records of the last 30 years.</p><p>The text of the Constitution is preceded here by George Washington's letter to Congress and followed by the Resolution for ratification. Evans 20563; Lomazow 18b.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Gathering of four leaves paginated 249-252 and two loose leaves. Mild yellowing with a hint of discoloration and spot or two of foxing; soft crease each vertically and horizontally bisecting all leaves; small handful of faint dampstains at margins of first and final leaf; barely perceptible inked signature at lower corner of recto of first leaf; hint of residue discoloration along center fold where newspaper was removed from bound volume.</p><p>Title and index leaves softly browned and a bit brittle with edges roughened where removed from bound volume; both bisected by soft horizontal crease; faint staining to leaves particularly recto of title; some mild chipping to edges of title-leaf particularly fore-edge with fold starting to split at either end about two inches in from either direction; previous owner inking at recto of both leaves; corners of index leaf creased.</p><p>Newspaper in fine condition remarkably clean and bright with very good title and index leaves. Housed in custom red leather case cover stamped in gilt.</p> books
178737046Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1787. Pages 335-352 with caption title as issued. Upper margins of several leaves trimmed closely shaving portions of several page numbers a couple of printer flaws with effect on a few letters. Good in modern pale grey paper over boards.<br/><br/> This early rare printing of the proposed Constitution-- certainly one of the earliest-- appears at pages 349-352 under the heading "Proceedings of the Federal Convention." Isaiah Thomas started the Worcester Magazine in April 1786. It was "The octavo continuation of Isaiah Thomas' newspaper The Massachusetts Spy necessitated by his opposition to the tariffs on paper and the tax upon advertisements in newspapers which were repealed in April 1788" Lomazow. <br/>Lomazow 20. Evans 20159. Mott 92-93. Isaiah Thomas unknown books
1986201643Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 8vo decorated boards back cover lightly soiled. Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986.<br/><br/> Collection of essays chosen from This Constitution magazine.<br/><br/> Congressional Quarterly unknown books
197065517Johannesburg: Black Sash 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Wrapper. 25cm. A few red ink underlinings & notes. James Michener's ownership stamp. <br/><br/> Black Sash paperback books
193512045Washington D. C.: The United States Flag Association 1935. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished tan calf in a cloth slipcase bookplate of Harold Greenhill fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The United States Flag Association unknown books
