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.
Contributors: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner.; Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886, former owner.
Publisher: Printed by Dunlap & Claypoole
Published: 1787
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Subjects: Constitutions -- United States -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: United States Constitution
Work titles: Constitution