The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon or English Constitution [microform] /
Demophilus,active 18th century.
Ramsay, Allan,1713-1784.Historical essay on the English Constitution.
United States.Declaration of Independence.
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell,
1776.
"I have thought it my duty to collect some sentiments from a certain very scarce book, entitled an Historical essay on the English Constitution [by Allan Ramsay], and publish them, with whatever improving observations our differing circumstances may suggest ..."--p. 4.
"Pages 41-46 contain the Declaration of Independence. As the advertisement [1 leaf] at the end is dated July 8, 1776, this is probably the first publication of the Declaration in book form made."--Evans.
Sabin 26964
Microfiche.
Constitutional history