Title: 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 ..
First published: 1789
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Places: United States
LC classification: E302 .M192 1783 vol. 1, no. 64