1 option
The constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1790 Pennsyl
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennsylvania.
- Standardized Title:
- Constitution (1790)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutions--Pennsylvania--Early works to 1800.
- Constitutions.
- Genre:
- Half bindings (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- 29, [3] p. (last leaf blank) ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, on the west side of Fourth-Street, between Market-Street and Arch-Street, MDCCXC. [1790]
- Notes:
- "Done in convention the second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety ..."--P. 29.
- Modern half morocco biding.
- The new Pennsylvania constitution, which replaced that of 1776. Often considered a conservative reaction against the excesses of democracy incorporated into the earlier document, this revised constitution created a bi-cameral legislature and vested strong executive power in the governor.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Robert S. Price.
- Cited in:
- Evans 22759
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.