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Making Our Nation: Constitutions and Related Documents. Sold to Benefit the Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation. Part 2
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75. Abolitionism | The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

76. Abolitionism | An 18th-century anti-slavery token

77. Adams, John | First complete edition of Adams's most powerful political discourse

78. Adams, John | First French edition of a vital work for an emerging republic

79. Alabama | First printing of the Alabama Confederate Constitution

80. Alabama | Alabama's Reconstruction Constitution of 1867

81. Alabama | A scarce contemporary printing of Alabama's "Reconstruction" constitution

82. Alaska | The complete text of the Constitution of the State of Alaska

83. Arizona | The proposed constitution of 1910

84. Arizona | The complete proceedings of the Arizona Constitutional Convention

85. Arkansas | The constitution by which Arkansas rejoined the Union

86. Arkansas | Another copy of the Reconstruction constitution, with an extensive index

87. Arkansas | The fifth and current constitution, replacing the Reconstruction constitution

88. Arkansas | Another copy of the fifth Arkansas State Constitution

89. Articles of Confederation | Extracted from Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America (1784)

90. British Parliament | General Burgoyne and the Battle of Saratoga

91. Burgoyne, John | An extract of Burgoyne's operations, printed in The Scots Magazine

92. California | An account of the proceedings of the 1849 Constitutional Convention of Monterey

93. California | An early printing of the second—and current—California constitution

94. Carpenter, Thomas | First edition—a precursor of the Congressional Record

95. Cherokee Nation | The English printing of the Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation

96. Colonial Currency | A eight shilling note printed by John Dunlap: "To Counterfeit is Death"'

97. Colorado | The constitution that brought Colorado into the union

98. Colored Laborers' League | "Our platform is truth and honesty…"

99. Connecticut | An early, but failed, attempt by the "Constitution State" to create a constitution

100. Continental Congress | The first Hartford edition

101. Continental Congress | An interesting association copy, containing the constitutions of several states and more

102. Continental Congress | President James Buchanan's copy, with his ownership signature

103. Cranch, William | A rare set of accounts of cases brought before the Supreme Court from 1801-1815

104. Cuba and Puerto Rico | "The dream of three generations of Cubans is about to be realized"

105. Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution | A raised-letter printing of the United States' foundational documents

106. Delaware | Contains the Delaware Constitution of 1792, the second governing document for the Delaware state government

107. English Constitution | The principle of balanced government

108. Fitch, Thomas | A proclamation issued to commemorate the defeat of the French in Canada

109. Florida | An early printing of the 1885 Florida Constitution

110. Georgia | A late-nineteenth century copy of the Georgia Constitution

111. Hawaii, Republic of | A draft of the constitution for the short-lived Republic of Hawaii

112. Idaho | An early printing of the Idaho state constitution

113. Idaho and Montana | Laws of the Territory of Idaho, one of the earliest specimens of printing in Idaho

114. Illinois | The earliest obtainable printing of the first Illinois Constitution

115. Illinois | A nineteenth-century printing of the third Illinois Constitution

116. Indiana | The revised Indiana Constitution of 1851

117. Iowa | Containing the text of Iowa's second constitution

118. Jackson, Johnathan | An argument in favor of adopting the Constitution

119. Kansas | The "Topeka" Constitution: "There shall be no slavery in this State."

120. Kansas | A nineteenth-century printing of the Kansas Constitution

121. Kentucky | A record of the proceedings of the 1849 Kentucky constitutional convention

122. Lee, Arthur | "A review of the causes and progress of the American contest"