Constitution of the United States of America
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 22849; Early American imprints -- no. 22976
Publisher: Printed by Peter Edes
Published: 1790
Place of publication: Newport, R.I
Language: eng
Subjects: Constitutions; Politics and government; Constitutional amendments; Constitutional law
Notes: Followed by resolutions of the Constitutional Convention, urging ratification of the Constitution and election of a president of the United States.

Page [3] contains: Ratification of the Constitution of the United States by the Convention of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. This is the second issue, with twenty-one amendments and slight typographical variations. Cf. Evans 22848 and Alden 1233.

Imprint supplied by Alden, who suggests that this is the item described in Evans entry 22976.

Texts in two columns.

Signatures: [A]² ([A]2 verso blank).

Evans 22849

Evans 22976

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1233