Report of the committee to whom was referred, on the 19th of December last, a resolution for causing a publication of the Constitution of the United States, together with the amendments thereto; with instructions to enquire how far the act for providing for the more general promulgation of the laws has been carried into execution; and whether any and what further provisions are necessary on that subject

U.S. Congress

Published by published by order of the House of Representatives [printed by William Ross?], [Washington, D.C.], 1799

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8vo, pp. 6; lacking the terminal blank leaf; removed. Ink insertions at the bottom of p. 3 and 4, perhaps authorial, some with mild ink burns affecting the paper, but not the text; Evans 36578 attributing the printing to Ross. OCLC locates the AAS, Connecticut and Library of Congress copies. A report of the committee on the republication of the Constitution and laws of the U.S., with a table on p. 6 of seventeen states and territories and the number of copies shipped and date of shipment. The manuscript amendments, approximately a dozen lines in all, look authorial: the changing of a phrase, the insertion of revised language. Bookseller Inventory # 48092

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Title: Report of the committee to whom was referred...

Publisher: published by order of the House of Representatives [printed by William Ross?], [Washington, D.C.]

Publication Date: 1799