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The bill of rights, and amendments to the Constitution of the United States as agreed to by the Convention of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, at South-Kingstown, in the county of Washington, on the first Monday of March, A.D. 1790
Title
The bill of rights, and amendments to the Constitution of the United States [electronic resource] : as agreed to by the Convention of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, at South-Kingstown, in the county of Washington, on the first Monday of March, A.D. 1790.
Published
[Providence : Printed by John Carter, 1790]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 44 x 36 cm.
Local Notes
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Notes
Includes: Declaration of Rights, eighteen numbered articles describing natural rights; eighteen proposed amendments to the Constitution; and the vote of the Convention, dated March 6, 1790, that the bill of rights and amendments be referred to the freemen for consideration in town meetings.
Signed: By order of the Convention, Daniel Updike, secretary.
Imprint supplied by Alden.
Text in three columns; printed area measures 38.0 x 22.1 cm.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22845).
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Other formats
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 22845
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island imprints, 1727-1800, 1202
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Genre/Form
Broadsides.
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United States Rhode Island Providence.
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