Beschreibung:

The Constitution of the United States. We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America [caption title].
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1788]. Folio (315 x 203 mm). Stitched self-wrappers, uncut and with deckle edges. Condition : foxing, folded horizontally with minor resulting disruptions to a few letters. rare 1788 separate printing of the constitution and the first official one issued in connecticut. Following the first public printing of the Constitution in the 19 September 1787 issue of the Pennsylvania Packet (and subsequently by numerous other newspapers), separate printings of the Constitution were issued in various cities between October 1787 and January 1788. These included Boston, New Hampshire, Richmond, Philadelphia, Trenton and Hartford. Connecticut had particularly suffered under the Articles of Confederation. Their convention opened on 4 January, and following several passionate speeches by Oliver Ellsworth, the delegates quickly ratified the proposed Constitution five days later, becoming just the fifth state to do so. On that night, Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull wrote to George Washington, “With great satisfaction I have the Honor to inform that last Evening the Convention of this State, by a great Majority, Voted to ratify & adopt the new proposed Constitution for the United States - Yeas 127 - Nays 40 - With additional pleasure I can inform that the Debates on with this subject, have been conducted a spirit of great Candour, Liberality & fairness - and the Decision received with the universal Applause of a numerous Body of the People of the State, who attended the public Deliberations of their Convention - & expressed their cordial Assent, on the moment of Decision, with a general Clap.” This first Connecticut printing of the Constitution followed shortly thereafter and includes on the final page the text of the official ratification. very rare . This printing is known in two different settings of type, this being the one in which the fourth line of the Preamble ends “or-.” We could locate only four institutional holdings of this printing (Yale, Connecticut Historical Society, Syracuse University and The New York Public Library) and none in the auction records for the past quarter century. Evans 21523.