Massachusetts | Urging the establishment of a state constitution

Massachusetts

Joseph Warren. In the House of Representatives, September 17th, 1776. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Male Inhabitants of each Town in this State, being Free and Twenty-one Years of Age, that they assemble as soon as they can in Town-Meeting ... and that in such Meeting … if they consent in one Body with the House ... should consult, agree on, and enact such a Constitution and Form of Government for this State … [Watertown: Benjamin Edes, ca. 17 September 1776] 

Printed handbill (162 x 203). Scattered stains, previously folded into quarters. Black cloth chemise and slipcase, black morocco spine lettered gilt.

A pivotal circular document urging the establishment of a state constitution, two and a half months after the Declaration of Independence.

REFERENCE

Early American Imprints, First series, no. 43082