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UNITED STATES. The Articles of Confederation; The Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britain a[n]d the United States of America. Richmond, [Virginia]: Dixon and Holt, 1784. 8 0 (191 x 120mm), 23pp. Sewn as issued, uncut and unopened, in contemporary decorative wallpaper wrappers (with bold design block-printed in black and gray on an indigo background), the uncut margins of first leaf slightly soiled where they extend beyond the wrappers. Half red morocco gilt slipcase. RICHMOND PRINTING OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, VIRGINIA'S CONSTITUTION AND THE 1776 VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS: IN EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL CONDITION, UNCUT AND UNOPENED IN WALLPAPER WRAPPERS AN IMPORTANT EARLY RICHMOND IMPRINT IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION bound in striking wallpaper wrappers. The pamphlet collects four fundamental documents: the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (pp.1-11); the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights (pp.12-14, largely the work of George Mason; the model for Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, several state constitutions and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man); The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia (pp.15-20, drafted 1776); and the Definitive Treaty between the United States and Great Britain (pp.21-23, signed 1783, ending the war and making full acknowledgment of American independence). Evans 18818.