CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION in 1787 Hartford CT Newspaper Start Price USD 58.00 Current Price USD 58.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 End Time Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Location Williamsport, PA See more about 'CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION in 1787 Hartford CT Newspaper' Description   CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION in 1787 Hartford CT Newspaper     Here is a complete, genuine historic newspaper with the following title, date and description: THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford CT, September 10, 1787. * re. Constitutional Convention * Year of the United States Constitution * 18th century original from America Just a few weeks after the printing of this issue the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia would submit its proposed form of a Constitution for the various state to ratify. Page 3 of this issue has a report datelined "Philadelphia, Aug. 20" which begins: * Every enterprize, public as well as private, in the United States...seems suspended till it is known what kind of government we are to receive from our national Convention. The states neglect their roads & canals till they see whether those necessary improvements will not become the objects of a national government... with much more interesting reading (see). Page 2 has an "Anecdote" from the siege of Charleston during the Revolutionary War (see).  The back page has many ads including an illus. ad for a pocket watch maker (see). Complete in 4 pgs., some browning down the middle but causing no loss of readability, irregular at the margin with some loss not affecting text. Never trimmed.   Please Note: All of our offerings are 100% authentic! We do not offer reprints or reproductions of any kind. They are guaranteed to be original! 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