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 for the United States of America.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 20817. |
| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | "The first issue of the Constitution as agreed."--Evans. Title taken from opening lines of text. Dated on page 3: Done in Convention ... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole by Evans. Printed in two columns. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 pages ; (folio) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |