Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Adviser newspaper, dated July 31, 1789, 11 x 18.5, four pages. Printed and sold by John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole. Newspaper has published the initial report of the committee considering Madison's proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution which became the Bill of Rights, including the right of conscientious objectors not to bear arms which was expunged from the amendment before it was sent to the states for ratification. On July 21, 1789, Congressman John Vining of Delaware mwas appointed to chair a select committee of 11 to review, and make a report on, the subject of amendments to the Constitution. The report included 20 words to be added before the introductory phrase "We the people" which was not approved by Congress. On August 24, 1789, the House of Representatives passed 17 proposed amendments which were reduced to 12 before it was passed by the Senate
and House and sent to the states on September 25, 1789 for ratification. On December 15, 1791, ten of these proposals became the First through Tenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution when they were ratified by the Virginia legislature. Vining's report, in full, as published on the third page of this newspaper, with eventual action taken by Congress
and/or the states in brackets. In part:
“In the introductory paragraph before the words, 'We the people' add, 'Government being intended for the benefit of the people, and the rightful establishment thereof being derived from their authority alone.'" [Not proposed by Congress] "Art. 1, Sec. 2,
Par. 3 - Strike out all between the words, 'direct' and 'and until such,' and instead thereof insert, 'After the first enumeration there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand until the number shall amount to one hundred…Art. 1, Sec. 9 - Between Par. 2 and 3 insert, 'No religion shall be established by law, nor shall the equal rights of
conscience be infringed.'" "The freedom of speech, and of the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble and consult for their common good, and to apply to the government for redress of grievances, shall not be infringed. [Ratified as 1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."] "A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed, but no person religiously scrupulous shall be compelled to bear arms." [Ratified as 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."] "No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor
in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law." [Ratified as 3rd Amendment: "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."].”
In very good condition, with a central horizontal fold, uniform toning, chips and pinholes to edges, and a few creases.
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