Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

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Centinel, no. II : To the people of Pennsylvania. Friends, countrymen, and fellow-citizens, as long as the liberty of the press continues unviolated ...

Bryan, George, 1731-1791.

Created/Published

[Philadelphia? : s.n., 1787?]

Notes

Attributed to George Bryan. Cf. Konkle, B.A. George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, p. 313.

Signed on p. 2: Centinel.

Originally printed in: Freeman's journal, Oct. 24, 1787. All other Centinel letters were first published in the Independent gazetteer.

Variant printing of Evans 20249.

Text in two columns.

Not in Evans or Bristol.

Konkle, B.A. George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, p. 313

LC copy annotated in pencil: Taken from Penn. Packet, Oct. 20, 1787.

Subjects

United States.--Constitution.
Freedom of the press--United States.
Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1787.
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1787.

Related Names

Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Medium

1 sheet (2 p.) ; 44 x 25 cm.

Call Number

Const Conv no. 7

Digital ID

bdsdcc c0701 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.c0701