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Bowdoin, James Temple, 1776-1842 Debates, resolutions and other proceedings of the Convention of... Massachusetts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05509 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James Temple, 1776-1842 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book signed Date: 1808, 1818 Pagination: 236 p. 18.6 x 11 cm Order a Copy

Debates of the state convention in 1789 to ratify the Constitution. Printed by Oliver & Munroe, and Joshua Cushing. Signed and dated on titlepage by Bowdoin in 1818. Ex-Barlow copy with plate; Ex-Clements Library.

Bowdoin, James Temple, 1776-1842

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