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[CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS.] The Pennsylvania Packet, 6 October 1789. 4pp., folio, printed in 4-columns.
AN EARLY CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER PRINTING OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS (on p.3), the twelve amendments that Congress sent out to the States for ratification in September. The first two of the twelve were not ratified, and what we know as our First Amendment was, in fact, the third listed here. The promise to add amendments guaranteeing civil liberties was a crucial factor in convincing several reluctant State ratifying conventions to adopt the new charter.
AN EARLY CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER PRINTING OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS (on p.3), the twelve amendments that Congress sent out to the States for ratification in September. The first two of the twelve were not ratified, and what we know as our First Amendment was, in fact, the third listed here. The promise to add amendments guaranteeing civil liberties was a crucial factor in convincing several reluctant State ratifying conventions to adopt the new charter.