The constitutions of the several independent states of America : the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation between the said states : to which are now added, the declaration of rights, the non-importation agreement, and the petition of Congress to the king delivered by Mr. Penn : with an appendix containing the treaties between His most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, the provisional treaty with America, and (never before published) an authentic copy of the treaty concluded between their High Mightinesses of the States-General and the United States of America
by William Jackson
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London : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1783. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. [Rare Americana: The Origins of the Constitutional Government of the United States] Bound in 3/4 modern leather over marbled boards. Fine binding. [2], xxix, 472 pages, [2] leaves. Scattered foxing, mostly to prelims. Lacking frontis portrait of George Washington. Includes last leaf with list of presidents of the American Congress. Collected constitutions of the 13 original states, first printed in 1781. Refs: Sabin 16088; Howes C-716.
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- The constitutions of the several independent states of America : the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation between the said states : to which are now added, the declaration of rights, the non-importation agreement, and the petition of Congress to the king delivered by Mr. Penn : with an appendix containing the treaties between His most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, the provisional treaty with America, and (never before published) an authentic copy of the treaty concluded between their High Mightinesses of the States-General and the United States of America
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- William Jackson
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- London : Printed for J. Stockdale
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- 1783
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