Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New-York, on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred eighty-nine
Subtitle: the conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, 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 ...
Contributors: United States.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Childs and Swaine
Published: 1792
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: United States.
Notes: Bristol B8177
Caption title.
"Childs and Swaine were paid July 18, 1792, for 135 copies"--Bristol.
The first separate official printing of the final wording of the first twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Cf. Vincent L. Eaton, New colophon, v. II, pt. 7, Sept. 1949, p. 279-283.
Signatures: [A]² B-C².
Contains texts of twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution (p. [1]-2) followed by the texts of the ratifications by 12 states (p. 3-11).