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Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817 Freeman's journal. [Vol.6, no. 298 (January 3, 1787)- v.8, no. 402 (December 31, 1788)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00259.01 Author/Creator: Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Newspaper Date: 1787-1788 Pagination: 1 v. Height: 42.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cm Order a Copy

One bound edition of the newspaper Freeman's Journal containing Vol. 6 no. 298, January 3, 1787 to vol. 8 no. 402, December 31, 1788. Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head. Of particular interest is a early printing of Constitution in issue number 335. The Freeman's Journal was an anti-Federalist newspaper. The bound newspaper also includes these issues of interest:
List of Constitutional Convention members issue number 322 pp. 2-3;
Ratifications by Pennsylvania issue number 348,
Ratifications by Massachusetts issue number 357,
Ratifications by New York issue number 381,
Printing of Virginia Resolutions issue number 378.
Printing of North Carolina Resolves issue number 385.

Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817

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