Making Our Nation: Constitutions and Related Documents. Sold to Benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation. Part 2
16 November - 2 December 2021 • New York
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75 Abolitionism | The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
76 Abolitionism | An 18th-century anti-slavery token
77 Adams, John | First complete edition of Adams's most powerful political discourse
78 Adams, John | First French edition of a vital work for an emerging republic
79 Alabama | First printing of the Alabama Confederate Constitution
80 Alabama | Alabama's Reconstruction Constitution of 1867
81 Alabama | A scarce contemporary printing of Alabama's "Reconstruction" constitution
82 Alaska | The complete text of the Constitution of the State of Alaska
83 Arizona | The proposed constitution of 1910
84 Arizona | The complete proceedings of the Arizona Constitutional Convention
85 Arkansas | The constitution by which Arkansas rejoined the Union
86 Arkansas | Another copy of the Reconstruction constitution, with an extensive index
87 Arkansas | The fifth and current constitution, replacing the Reconstruction constitution
88 Arkansas | Another copy of the fifth Arkansas State Constitution
89 Articles of Confederation | Extracted from Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America (1784)
90 British Parliament | General Burgoyne and the Battle of Saratoga
91 Burgoyne, John | An extract of Burgoyne's operations, printed in The Scots Magazine
92 California | An account of the proceedings of the 1849 Constitutional Convention of Monterey
93 California | An early printing of the second—and current—California constitution
94 Carpenter, Thomas | First edition—a precursor of the Congressional Record
95 Cherokee Nation | The English printing of the Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation
96 Colonial Currency | A eight shilling note printed by John Dunlap: "To Counterfeit is Death"'
97 Colorado | The constitution that brought Colorado into the union
98 Colored Laborers' League | "Our platform is truth and honesty…"
99 Connecticut | An early, but failed, attempt by the "Constitution State" to create a constitution
100 Continental Congress | The first Hartford edition
101 Continental Congress | An interesting association copy, containing the constitutions of several states and more
102 Continental Congress | President James Buchanan's copy, with his ownership signature
103 Cranch, William | A rare set of accounts of cases brought before the Supreme Court from 1801-1815
104 Cuba and Puerto Rico | "The dream of three generations of Cubans is about to be realized"
105 Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution | A raised-letter printing of the United States' foundational documents
106 Delaware | Contains the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the second governing document for the Delaware state government
107 English Constitution | The principle of balanced government
108 Fitch, Thomas | A proclamation issued to commemorate the defeat of the French in Canada
109 Florida | An early printing of the 1885 Florida Constitution
110 Georgia | A late-nineteenth century copy of the Georgia Constitution
111 Hawaii, Republic of | A draft of the constitution for the short-lived Republic of Hawaii
112 Idaho | An early printing of the Idaho state constitution
113 Idaho and Montana | Laws of the Territory of Idaho, one of the earliest specimens of printing in Idaho
114 Illinois | The earliest obtainable printing of the first Illinois Constitution
115 Illinois | A nineteenth-century printing of the third Illinois Constitution
116 Indiana | The revised Indiana Constitution of 1851
117 Iowa | Containing the text of Iowa's second constitution
118 Jackson, Johnathan | An argument in favor of adopting the Constitution
119 Kansas | The "Topeka" Constitution: "There shall be no slavery in this State."
120 Kansas | A nineteenth-century printing of the Kansas Constitution
121 Kentucky | A record of the proceedings of the 1849 Kentucky constitutional convention
122 Lee, Arthur | "A review of the causes and progress of the American contest"