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Proposed amendments to the Constitution

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04770 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1788 ca. Pagination: 3 p. : docket : Height: 33.7 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

This document, in a contemporary hand, compiles and compares the proposals of several states. Many of the proposals are in the form substantially used in the Bill of Rights.

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