Congress of the United States: begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine : The conventions of a number of the states having at the time of their adopting the Constitution expressed a desire ... that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added ... Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives ... that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as amendments to the Constitution ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 46596. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Caption title. Contains (pages [1]-2) the texts of twelve proposed amendments, to the Constitution. Followed (pages 3-11) by the texts of the ratifications by the states, 1789-1791. With their ratification by Virginia on Dec. 15, 1791, the third through twelfth of the proposed amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, received the necessary approval of three-quarters of the states and became the first ten amendments to the Constitution. "Childs and Swaine were paid July 18, 1792, for 135 copies."--Bristol. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 11 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 36 cm. (folio) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |