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DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HELD IN THE YEAR 1788 AND WHICH FINALLY RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Boston - New York: Legislature of Massachusetts, 1856. Brown Cloth. First Edition. 442 pp. A beautifully bound book of fine dark brown faille blindstamped with rules, decorative corners, and center seal of Massachusetts, gilded on front. Spine is also heavily stamped with rules and pattern blocks; gilt lettering. Spine ends are slightly creased, and there is a 1/4" closed tear at head on spine. All edges stained a pale wheat color. There is a pinhead-sized dot of white on lower back cover and an even smaller tiny hole on bottom back corner. Yellow eps are bubbled a bit on paste-downs. Rear eps and final pps. of index barely foxed. Contents are clean and slightly aged and binding is tight. Several leaves have been pressed in the book, and have left shadows. An important piece of American history, the second Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, is recorded in three ways: the official journal kept by the Secretary of the Convention, a Report of Debates taken by newspaper editors, and Judge Parsons's minutes. Near Fine.
[Book #7961] Price: $250.00 
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