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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.
1787
Collection
Part of
Princeton and the Revolution
Selected materials that feature works from Princeton University Library, drawn from the Early American, Graphic Arts, and Numismatics Collections, and the Scheide Library. The selection also draws heavily from the Andre De Coppet ’15 Collection and the Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection. The commonplace book of Annis Boudinot Stockton is on deposit courtesy of the Stockton family.
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- People
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- Author
- United States
- Related Name
- United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Constitutions—United States
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- 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.
- Call Number
- 115.3
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dchh63t606n
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1787
- Extent
- 6 p. ; 38.7 x 23 cm.
- Provenance
- WHS copy acquired 10/26/64 from Seven Gables.
- References
- ESTC W13933
- Evans 20818.
- Ford 10.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- "This is the official edition, printed in large type, single columns, by the Convention, for submission to Congress, with the resolutions, and letter, added."--Evans.
- Title taken from opening lines of text.
- Imprint from colophon. Dated on p. 5: Done in convention ... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ...
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Constitutions—United States
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 6
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton and the Revolution
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8b2925b1-0568-4884-afd0-b143e7d25a52/manifest