Existing comment:
Printed version of the United States Constitution:
On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention completed their work and sent a signed parchment copy of the Constitution -- - along with hundreds of copies printed by John Dunlap and David Claypoole -- - to the Articles of Confederation Congress then meeting in New York. After further debate, the Confederation Congress sent the Constitution to the state legislatures, who would distribute them to ratifying conventions. The printed version shown here was printed on September 29, 1787, based on the type already set by the New York newspaper the Independent Journal. It was then placed in the Resolve Book of the Office for Foreign Affairs. |