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. 20818. |
| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | "This is the official edition, printed in large type, single columns, by the Convention, for submission to Congress, with the resolutions, and letter, added."--Evans. Title taken from opening lines of text. Imprint from colophon. Dated on page 5: Done in convention ... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ... Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 6 pages Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |