Jacob Broom draft of the United States Constitution, 1787

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Jacob Broom draft of the United States Constitution, 1787

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This draft, printed by Dunlap and Claypoole, is the second draft of the Constitution, printed for use of members of the Constitutional Convention. Broom was a delegate to the Convention from Delaware. This second draft no longer lists states separately, but rather as “We, the People of the United States…”

This digital record contains four images of two pages. Each page has been seperately encased and the writing is visible on both sides.