Articles Addition Amendment Constitution State, Used (3 results)

First Edition. First printing. Quarto (20.5cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet removed from a binder, untrimmed, with strip of grey bookcloth along left margin of title; [1-3] 4-31, [1]pp. Ex-libris Maine Historical Society, with call numbers and institution name noted at head of title page. Edges rubbed, with small hole worn at lower hinge, scattered small stains, but overall Good or better. Revisions to the New Hampshire Constitution, printed for public circulation prior to the vote to approve them. This copy, with "Poplin" in contemporary ink on the title page, was likely sent to the town of Poplin (now Fremont--the town changed its name in 1854 to honor the first Republican presidential candidate). Voters approved the amendments, which took effect in 1793. EVANS 24577. SABIN 52802. Not in ESTC (cf. W36224).

31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Wrapper remnant in blank margin of title page. Very Good. Contemporary signature of Thos. Stow Ranney, Esqr. A scarce piece in the puzzle that finally became the New Hampshire Constitution, after serial submissions to the voters of that State. The Convention notes here that, in the most recent vote, "many articles are approved by two thirds of the voters; and many are not approved, by reason whereof said amendments are rendered inconsistant, and contradictory." With this pamphlet, the Convention tries to get it right. One interesting provision permits only Protestants to stand for election to the State Senate. According to NAIP, printing began in Dover in 1791, with six imprints; Wemyss dates Dover printings from 1790. Evans 24577. 166 Eberstadt 97. Bristol B8079. NAIP w036223 [8].

The people of New Hampshire, having rejected the constitutions of 1781 and 1783, finally hammered out something they could live with in these seventy-two revisions to the 1792 constitution. They were approved by an election in August, and took effect in September of 1792. For some reason this appears in Bristol as well as Evans, but Bristol does not spell out any variant issue. This copy belonged to the town of Sommersworth; the town clerk's manuscript additions on page twenty confirm that fourteen residents voted in favor, and one against, the proposed amendments. EVANS 24578, 46518. SABIN 52802. KUHLMAN, p.46. EBERSTADT, CONSTITUTIONS 97. Stitched gatherings. Minor tanning and dampstaining, rust marks from paperclip on last few leaves, terminal leaf detached but present. Partially printed form on p.20 accomplished in manuscript by John Philpot, town clerk of Sommersworth, New Hampshire, manuscript inscriptions on first page. Good plus.