United States Constitution. Ratification | The acts of ratification of the Federal Constitution by the state conventions of the first fourteen states

United States Constitution. Ratification

Ratification of the Constitution U.S. Acts of the Several States, Ratifying the Constitution of the United States of America. (House of Representatives, 22d Congress, 2d Session, Doc. No. 61). [Washington: printed for the House of Representatives, 1833]

8vo (248 x 160 mm, uncut and unopened on a single, folded sheet of paper). Browning, fold separations. Half red morocco slipcase, chemise.

This document, printed by order of—and for the use of—the House of Representatives, gathered the acts of ratification of the Federal Constitution by the state conventions of the first fourteen states. The ratifications appear in order of precedence, with the dates, places, and presiding officers noted: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusets, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont.