Constitutions des treize États-Unis de l'Amérique

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United States. Continental Congress., United States.
Other Authors: La Rochefoucauld-d'Enville, Louis-Alexandre, duc de, 1743-1792., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Format: Book
Language:French
English
Published: Philadelphia : Paris : P.D. Pierres, Pissot, 1783.
Series:Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 12394.
Making of the Modern World.
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Item Description:A translation of "The constitutions of the 13 states of colonial America: the Declaration of independence, the Articles of confederation" etc., a collection prepared by a committee of three under a resolution, December 1780, of the Continental Congress, first published, Philadelphia, 1781.
The publication of this translation (made by Louis Alexandre, duc de La Rochefoucauld) was negotiated by Benjamin Franklin. (cf. Sparks' edition of Franklin's works, 1840, vol. IX, p. 503, 508, 523) It has no connection with Regnier's "Recueil des lois constitutives des colonies angloises à Philadelphie, Paris, 1778."
Title vignette: first instance of the seal of the U.S.
Master microform held by: ResP.
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 12394.
Physical Description:540 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)