Jacob Broom draft of the United States Constitution, 1787
Item
- Title
- Jacob Broom draft of the United States Constitution, 1787
- Description
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This draft, printed by Dunlap and Claypoole, is “the second draft of the Constitution, printed for use of members, on one side of four leaves only.” (Evans 20816) Broom was a delegate to the Convention from Delaware. This second draft no longer lists states separately, but rather as “We, the People of the United States…”
This digital record contains four images of two pages. Each page has been separately encased and the writing is visible on both sides. - Identifier
- 2765
- Type
- text
- Creator
- Broom, Jacob, 1752-1810
- Date Created
- 1787-09-17
- Format
- typescript
- Is Part Of
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania Treasures collection
- Spatial Coverage
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Subject
- Broom, Jacob, 1752-1810 | Constitution of the United States
- Extent
- 4 pages
- Language
- eng
- Rights
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