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•) American Imprints Inventory
The Historical Records Survey
Division of Women's and Professional Projects
Works Progress Administration
Instructions for the Description
of Broadsides
FIRST EDITION, JANUARY, 1939
Chicago
The Historical Records Survey
1939
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American Imprints Inventory
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF BROADSIDES
Many American broadsides have great historical interest because of
their immediacy in reporting news. With more and more emphasis being
placed on contemporary records, the broadside becomes important because it
is contemporary almost to the point of minutes. The action of meetings,
the proclamation of gubernatorial decisions, the announcement of the re¬
ceipt of important news, were rushed to the compositor and printed and
distributed in broadside form within the shortest possible time. Many
broadsides give the most graphic impression possible of historic events
as they happened.
In spite of their historical importance, relatively few broadsides
have been adequately recorded, and only two libraries in the United States
have regularly cataloged the broadsides in their collections.
A certain number of broadsides have figured, of course, in general
bibliographies such as those of Charles Evans and Joseph Sabin. But the
only bibliographical work devoted exclusively to American broadsides, so
far as I know, is that outstandingly important contribution by Worthington
Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides, 1639-1800, published by the Massachusetts
Historical Society in 1922.
Because of these circumstances, a feature of the editorial and pub¬
lishing program of the American Imprints Inventory which is being pushed
to completion at the earliest possible date is a "Union List of American
Broadsides of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," in which we will
endeavor to list and locate all broadsides printed within the present
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boundaries of the United States earlier than 1801. It is believed that
this list will prove of much value to scholars concerned with any aspect
of American history.
Considerable progress in the compilation of this list has been made.
The exceedingly important collections of broadsides in the Library of
Congress, the American Antiquarian Society and the Massachusetts Historical
Society already have been cataloged. The authorities of the New York State
Library, the Yale University Library, and several other institutions have
courteously prepared for our list descriptions of the broadsides in their
possession. Titles of broadsides in The New York Public Library and the
Henry E. Huntington Library have been drawn off by our workers from the
highly adequate catalog cards of those institutions. Mr. L. H. Dielman
has courteously contributed a microfilm copy of broadsides in the ownership
of the Maryland Historical Society. And broadsides in many other libraries
have been, or are in process of being, recorded.
It is our desire, however, to make our list just as nearly complete as
possible, by recording even one or two broadsides which have been preserved
in a number of public and private collections. To this end we earnestly
solicit the cooperation of librarians and collectors, to supplement the
record being built up by our own field workers.
Broadsides Later Than 1800
In addition to our special interest in broadsides earlier than 1801,
it should be pointed out that our program includes a record of all broadsides
printed before 1877 in the United States as a whole, and earlier than 1891
in eight specified western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah.
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Definition of Broadside
A broadside, strictly speaking, is a single sheet of paper, of
reasonable size, printed on one side only, to serve the purpose of a publi©
notice, handbill, or poster. Or, a broadside may contain text that might
properly have been printed in a pamphlet or booklet but which, because it
is relatively brief, can be printed comfortably on a single sheet. In this
latter classification are found single acts or laws, the minutes of daily
sessions of conventions, controversial letters, and so forth.
A broadsheet is a single sheet of paper printed on both sides.
Except for the fact that the text is carried over to a second page, a
broadsheet is similar to a broadside.
^n the collections of broadsides in various important collections
throughout the country, it is the practice to include among the broadsides
single printed sheets with one fold (four-page folders). This practice
brings into a collection of broadsides a number of leaflets of three or four
printed pages, which bibliographers might be inclined to regard as pamphlets.
But because of the unanimity in practice of keeping such leaflets with the
broadsides, it has been determined to include them with broadsides in our
record.
There is one very practical reason for including these four-page leaf¬
lets in our listing of broadsides. If they should be omitted, and if the
institution owning them had excepted them from its cataloging of books and
pamphlets, they might be altogether overlooked and never be recorded.
Worthington Ford, in the introduction to his Massachusetts Broadsides,
writes: "In the present instance the word (broadside) has been broadly used,
intended to apply to almost any issue of the press which has not a proper
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title page, whether printed on a single leaf or on a number of leaves,
whether carrying page numbers and signature-marks or without such usual
indications of a pamphlet or volume. It is more serviceable to note this
stray and fleeting product of the press, often unrecorded elsewhere, in too
great fulness, for in that way the labors of other bibliographers are sup¬
plemented." This definition is broader than the one adopted by the
American Imprints Inventory.
And in the introduction to the fifth volume of his American Bibliog¬
raphy, Charles Evans defines broadsides and broadsheets as follows:
"In this connection it may not be amiss to take up with the student of
bibliography the question of an exact description for the various forms used
in the issues from the printing press -- a subject upon which there is a
total absence of such essential information in all manuals of bibliography
and library economy, and a confusing variation of opinion on technical
points in works of more general information. There are five of these forms,
in order, Broadside, Broadsheet, Tract, Pamphlet, and Book; and the ques¬
tions at issue are what constitutes each of them, and what is the essential
difference between them, bibliographically. The single sheet of paper upon
which the matter is imposed furnishes the basis for the description without
regard to the size, or to the manner, whether in one, two, or more columns,
in which the printed matter is displayed.
"First, the Broadside. If the printed matter is on the recto, or
face, of an unfolded sheet, only, it is, bibliographically, a broadside,
in folio, quarto, octavo, or sixteenmo size, as the printed sheet of paper
may be. The proclamation, sheet calendar, handbill, advertisement, and
political squib, whose design is to be posted up for general informatien,
are all of this description.
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"Second, the Broadsheet. If the printed matter overruns the recto
of an unfolded sheet, and the verso is also printed upon, it then becomes
a broadsheet, and is bibliographically described as consisting of pp. (2),
folio, quarto, octavo, or whatever size the single sheet of paper may be.
The circular letter, and short political address, belong to this descrip¬
tion. Dictionaries and encyclopedias make the two terms, broadside and
broadsheet, synonymous; bibliographically they are not, being differenti¬
ated in the manner stated. ..."
As has already been pointed out, the American Imprints Inventory is
including in its lists of broadsides, broadsheets and leaflets of three
or four pages printed on a single sheet of paper with only a single fold.
Style of Description
For a satisfactory record, the description of a broadside should
serve not only to identify it, by its heading, signature, imprint, and
physical form, but also to indicate its possible historical value by a
brief statement in a note of its subject matter, if this is not clearly
apparent from the heading.
The value of the description of a broadside hinges largely on the
intelligence and judgment with which the salient facts in the text are
presentee in a concise but informative note.
Broadsides, because they lack a title page on which the substance of
a volume has been boiled down for us by the author, require more time and
thought to describe adequately than do ordinary books and pamphlets.
But it is worthwhile giving the job sufficient time to convey to readers
of a bibliography a clear idea of what each broadside sets forth.
Printed forms, with blank spaces left for data to be supplied in hand¬
writing, may also be described if of obviously early date for printing
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in their locality, particularly if bearing the imprint of a printer.
It is not desired to record the usual run of printed forms with blanks
to be filled in with handwriting.
Any worker describing broadsides should be furnished with a centi¬
meter measure; the dimensions of the sheet, width by height, being indi¬
cated decimally to the nearest half centimeter. The dimensions of the
printed area or of the type page are then added within parentheses.
Thus:
Broadsheet. 12.5 x 18 cm. (8 x 13.5 cm.)
Or:
3 p. 13 x 24.5 cm. (10.5 x 21 cm.)
With a folded sheet, on which the printing appears in unusual posi¬
tion, the statement may read somewhat as follows:
Printed on p. 1 only of a 4-page fold. 12 x 20 cm. (9.5 x 17 cm.)
Or:
Printed on pages 2 and 3 of a 4-page fold. 10 x 16 cm. (7 x 13.5 cm.)
It should be noted that dates, places, names, and the like, are
specially essential to a description. If for any reason such data are
omitted from the 1ine-for-line description, they certainly should be in¬
cluded in a note. •
Since author entries for broadsides are often difficult to determine,
these may be left off entirely. They will be inserted later by the
editors of the list of broadsides.
If the broadside contains more than one notice, letter, proclamation,
resolution, etc., this fact should be shown. It is well to give in a note
the approximate fraction of the sheet filled by each document.
The date, signatures, etc., at the foot of the first unit should be given,
as well as the heading, significant phrases, date, signatures, etc., of
the second, and of any following units. This will greatly facilitate
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recognition of variant issues, as well as provide more accurate descrip¬
tions .
Titles of broadsides earlier than 1801 should be written on sheets
of plain paper 8-l/2 x 11 inches in size. Titles of those later than
1800 should be written on 22HR forms.
Reproductions of a few broadsides with accompanying specimens of the
descriptions which apply to them are presented on the following pages for
the guidance, as to style, of workers engaged in recording broadsides.
Douglas C. McMurtrie
Consultant to the National Director
Chicago, January 3, 1939. Historical Records Survey
Approved:
Luther H. Evans
National Director
Historical Records Survey
Washington, January 5, 1939.
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Falmouth February 2, 1785. | Sir, | This is to inform you that a Meet¬
ing, of the | Proprietors of the Township number One, situated | in the
county of Lincoln, at the eastward of Mount- | Desert or Union-River is
to be holden at the | house of Mrs. Mary Parker, Innholder in Cape-
Eli- | zabeth, in the county of Cumberland, on Tuesday | the twelfth
day of April next, at ten o'clock in the | forenoon; . . . | [7 lines]
At which Meeting you are desired to give your | punctual attendance.
Samuel Freeman, Clerk.
Broadside. 13 x 14.5 cm. (10 x 8.5 om. )
Notice of a meeting, for the purpose of electing officers and transact¬
ing other business affecting the interests of the proprietors.
MHi.
Falmouth February 2, *785.
Sis,
THIS is to inform you that a Meeting of the
Proprietors of the Township number One, fituated
in the county of Lincoln, at the cwtward of Mount-
Desert or Union-River is to be holden at the
houfe of Mrs. Mart Parker, Innholder in Cape-Eli¬
zabeth, in the county of Cumberland, on Tucfday
the twelfth day of April next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon ; when and where they propofe to chufe fui-
table officers for managing the bufinefs of fairf Propriety ;
to fee what meafures they will take to promote the fet-
tlement of laid Townlhip ; to confider and determine
upon what terms they will quiet the prefect- fettlers ;
to receive accounts ; to vote neceflary fums- of money ;
and to agree upon fome method for calling Meetings in
future.
At which Meeting you are deGrcd to give your
punctual attendance.
SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
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[Royal arms] | By Lis Excellency, | Robert Johnson, Esqr; | Governor
and Commander in Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of | South-
Carolina, | A Proclamation. | [31 lines] | By His Excellency's Command, |
Charles Hart, Secretary. | Given under my Hand and Great Seal of | this
His Majesty's Frovince at Charles-Town, | this Fourth Day of November,
Anno Dom. | 1731. And in the Fifth Year of His Majesty's | Reign. |
Robert Johnson. | God Save the King.
Broadside. 30 x 41.5 cm. (18.5 x 36.5 cm.)
The cut of the royal arms is flanked with the letters G and R. Initial
W in box of type ornaments.
Forbids the surveying of crown lands in the province by any person "until
he have a Warrant from me for so doing; and that he has received a
Deputation and Power" from James St. John, newly appointed surveyor gen¬
eral of the province; with other directions for grants of such lands.
Public Record Office, London.
G
By His
ROBERT JOHNSON., Efqn
Governor and CommanJet in Chief in and over His Mayelty'j Province of
SOUTH-CAROLINA,
A PROCLAMATION-
R F, A S I I live thought fie Chy ami with the Advice of Mis Maidly's Cou.:-
.• "i/ <-il) u> dilpofc of His Majelly's Lands, not yet pufchafed, to Inch'PCTto»«^J*?»i e.
willing to talc out Grams for the fame, and to cultivate and iiivpiHSfce it« aMJi»
S<*j. W *'jf; M.ijclty di reels:
yAND \\ II ERF.AS fcvcral Terfons hive heretofore received Depurations
from lorincr Surveyors General, 10 run out ami admeafurc Land?, which Deputa¬
tions being no>v fupcrccdcd by His Ma jelly's Com million, ippqinting( 'jjmcj 6t.
Elq; Surveyor General of this Province; I HAVE therefore thought fit (by and with the
Advice ot His Majelly's Council) to ilfuc this my Prochmation, flriQIy forbidding.any PwVn
wlntljcver to furvey or admeafurc any of His Majcfly's Lands in this Province, until lie have
a Warrant from me for fo doing; and that lie has received a Deputation and Power from llts
Majelly's laid Surveyor General, to ad under him as His Deputy $ and not prefume to (ign or
return any Certificates of Lands by them run out or admeafurcd, for which they had not legal
Warrants from me. as they Hull anfwer the contrary at their Peril. And the f id JJnns >t.
John, LK]; being alio His Majesty's Au 'itor and Comptroller of his Revenues in this Province, all Per-.
Ions concerned -re to take Notice thereof, and th..t the faid Auditor and Comptroller is re.njv
to enter all Grants and Conveyances lor |jnd, purfuant to an Ad of Aflcmbly pall for tliijc
Pot-pole this pre'ent Sc'fums of the General Affembly, upon Application made to liirn at his
O.hcc in Charles-Term
•'AN D W II K_R HAS (lis Majefly has fmpowertd and dircdcd me to difpofe of his Lands
in this Province not yet granted or pu. chafed, under fcvcral Rules and Rcflriflions: And I think -
ing it for Mis Majefly's Service, and th.t of this his Province, tlut the faid Lands fhould be
diipo'.cd ol for the be icr llrcngthn ng and fettling the lame, and for encouraging New Comers,
1 HAVE ALSO thought" (it [by and with the Advice and Confent of HisMijefly's Council} to
give this Notice, that Warrants fhaII iflue for the Survey of liich Lands as may be granted Irom His
Majefly to fuch Pcrfons as Hull apply lor the fame by Petition to me in Council, to he heard on the
17th Day of November Inflant, 011 the Terms and Conditions contained in His Majelly's In-
llrudions, and paying the Pees appointed by Law, as in a Table ordered to be fet up in the
Secretary's Office in C.hurles-Toivn, together with a Copy of the faid Inilructions, where ( on Ap¬
plication ) every one may view the fame, and alio the Regulations fettled by me and Hi» Ma¬
jefly's Council, for his further Information.
R.
EXCELLENCY}
By Hit Excellency's Command, GIVEN tinder my Hand end Great Seal of
Clurles Hart, Secretary. this His Majelly's Province at Charles-Town,
this fourth Day of November. Anno Dom.
1791. And in the p,f)h Tear of His M'je(l)'s
Reign.
ROBERT JOHNSON.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
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Province of the | Massachusetts-Bay | in New-England. | [Royal arms] |
By His excellency, | Joseph Dudley Esq. | Captain General and Governour
in Chief, in and over | Her Majesties said Province &c. | A Proclamation
for a general Fast. | [19 lines] | Given at Boston the First day of
October, 1702. In the First Year of Her Majesties Reign. | By Order of
His Ex- | cellency & Council, | Isaac Addington Seer- | J. Dudley.
God Save the Queen.
Broadside. 19 x 24.5 cm. trimmed close (17.5 x 24.5 cm.)
The copy described is trimmed close all around, removing the imprint
line (if any) at the bottom. The first three lines of type at the top
are printed at the left of the coat of arms.
Appoints Thursday, the twenty-second of October, as a day of public fast¬
ing and prayer because of the beginning of war with France and also be¬
cause of "the present calamitous and deadly Sicknesses at New-York, . . .
the Infection whereof is spread in these parts."
Public Record Office, London.
Province of the
MaffaihtifettS'Tiay
in J\jTV'bngUnd%
By His EXCELLE
Jofeph Dudley Efq.
Captain General and GOVERNOUR in Chief, in and over
Her Majefties faid Province &c.
A Proclamation for a general Fall
p—■—^Klng into ConGbcratton pet fljpaicffcies netcffarp entrance into a HCIat
1 rbitlj tljc French King, ttnee per Ijappp £ctcflion to tlje Ctolbn, for tpe
1 prcfcrbation of ttje liberties of Europe : 3no tljettbp the banger that
this probincc, anb other per £13?,jetties Xcrritojies anb probinces in America are
in of being cjrpofcb • ^s alfo the prefent calamitous ano ocablp £>(cbncffcs at
Ncw-York, anb other cnglittj plantations, tlje Jnftction tbhetcof is fptcab irt
tljcfe parts.
I pate therefore thought fit, bp anb tbfth the Slobice anb Copfent of pet
C0aictties Council, to Appoint Thurfday the Twcnty-lccond of Odober
inttant, m bap ofpubliclt FASTING anb PRAYER, throughout
tins ptobince, to Jmplore the Dibinc £0ercp; Xhat per £0ajefties JLife anb pralt!)
map be long continues, anb per juft brines profpereb, foe Suibbuiug tlje crorbt-
fant poiber of France ; Xhat per probmccs anb Xerritor.es in America map
be prcfccbco anb befenbeo -, Xhe prefent ginfcction remobeb front out TJetgljbottrs
ano our ©elbes ; 3 no that all Dtbitcc anb nteoful jeicffings map be gcantco to us
anb tliriu : Directing all fijjiniftees anb people in their rcfpectibe Congregations,
rciigiouflp to perform the Duties of the faib Dap, in offering up matt arbent ano
fcrbnir Supplications to i&lmightp = i3nb all &etblle Xabour is jPnljibittb
upon tlje fame.
Gives at Ua the Firft day 1701, la the Firft Year of Her Majefties Reign.
By Order of His Ex¬
cellency & Council, f. DUDLEY.
Jfaac ^bbington Seer.1
GOD Snve the Queen
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Ratification of the Constitution of the United States by the Convention
of the State of | Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. | Vve the
delegates of the people of the State of | Rhode-Island and Providence-
Planta- | tions, ... | do by these Presents, assent to and ratify the
said Constitu- | tion. . . •. | Done in convention, at Newport, in the
County of Newport, in the State of | Rhode-Island and Provid-ence-Planta-
tions, the 29th Day of Kay, in the Year of our | Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety, and in the Fourteenth Year of the Inde- | pendence of
the United States of America. | By order, | Daniel Owen, President. |
Attest. | Daniel Updike, Secretary. | . . .
Broadside. 28 x 43.5 cm. (24 x 39.5 cm.)
No printer's imprint; text set in 2 columns.
Contains 18 articles of a Bill of Rights with the act of ratification
dated and signed as above, followed by 21 proposed amendments to the
Constitution of the United States. Ends with a resolution that 300
copies of the ratification, including the bill of rights and the pro¬
posed amendments, be printed for the general information of the public.
RHi-
Ratification of the Conftitution of the Unital States by the Convention of the State of
Rhode-Ill&nd and Pirotidence-Plantations.
WE the DELEGATES of the PEOPLE of the STATE of
RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE-PLANTA¬
TIONS, duly elcfted and met in CONVENTION, having maturely
confidercd the CONSTITUTION for the UNITED STATES of
AMERICA, agreed to on the Seventeenth Day of September,-A. D.
*787, by the Convention then alTcrtiblcd at Philadelphia, in the Com¬
monwealth of Pennfylvnnia (a Copy whereof prccrdes thefe Prtlencs)
and having alfo ferioufly and deliberately confidered the prefent Sicu-
Vjore of this State, DO DECLARE and MAKE KNOWN,
. ' I *HAT there are certain natural righr*, of which men. when tbey form a Ot-
1 ' X cial compafl, caonot deprive or dived their pofteriiy, amnog which ar«
the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the meant of acquiring, polleffing, aod pro-
tefling property, aod porfaing aod obtaining htpptnefa and fafcty.
a. That all power it naturally veiled in and coofequently derived from the peo
Ele ; that raigiftratc* therefore, are thai/ vuflccs aod agent*, aod at all timet unto**
le to them.
J. That the powers of government may be reaffuoied by the people wbenfoever it
fliall become neceffarv to their happioefa. Toar the rigbtt of the State refpeftively
to nominate aod appoint all State oifceers. aod every.ctber power, jurifdiftron and ri^ht,
which it ooi by the faid Convention clearly delegated to the Congrefs of the United
States, or to the department of goveromeot thereof, refbains to the people of the f*ve-
ral States or their relpellive State governments to whem they may have granted the
iame ; aod that thofe claules io the Cooftitutioo which declare that Congrcfa (ball
not have <y caercife certain powers, do not imply that Congrefs is entitled to any
powers not given by the (aid Conflitution ; but fuch claufcs are to be conftrued either
•s exceptions to certain fpccibed powers, or as inferted oirrelv for greater caution.
4. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, aod the manner
of difcharging it, cto be dircfted only by reafoo and conviftion, not by fore*
01 violeoce, and therefore all neo have an equal natural and unalienable right to the
free caercife of religion according to the dictates ol conference ; and that no particular
religion, fell or fociety ought to be firodred or cllabli(hed by law io preference ro others.
5. That the legiflative, executive aod judiciary powers of govcrnmcot fhould be fe-
£arate and diftiotf ; aod ttfe members of the two fir ft m.iy be reftraincd flora opprcf-
»n by feeling aod participating the public burthen, they fhould at fixed periods be re¬
duced'to a private fUtion. return into the mafs of the people, and the vacancy be
fupplied by certaio aod regular clo&iooi, in which all or any part of the former
members to be eligible or ineligible, as the rules of the Cooflitution of Government and
the Laws (hall direft.
6. That eleflionsof representatives in the legiflatureought lobe free and frrqoeat j aad
all men having fafficieot evideofe of pcrmanaot common iotcreft with, and aitactimeot
*0 the community, ought to have the right of fuffrag* 1 and no aid, charge, lax or
fee can beTet, rated, or levied upon the people, without their own confent or that of
ibeir Rcprefeotacivei fo defied ; nor can they be bouod by aoy law to which tbey have
cot, io like manner, afTeniedfor the publ cgood.
7. That alia power of fufpeodiog laws, or the execation of laws by any authority,
without the ooafcot of the Representatives of the people io the Legiflature, is iojuri-
•es to their righu, and ooght not to be taercifed.
8. That io all capital aod criminal profecsuiooa a mao hath a right to demand the
caofe aod oatorcof his accufaiion.to be confronted with the accufers aod witneffes. to
cxil co3Sc.il r«vor; uod to a fair and fpcedy irptb
by an impartial jarv of his vicinage, without whofc unanimous confent he cannot be
(bond guilty (except in the goverument of the laod and naval forces) nor can he be
compelled to give evidence fcgaioll himfclf.
9. That 00 frreman ooght to be talceo, imprifoned or diffeized of his freehold, liber-
lies, privileges or franchifes, or ooilawed or exiled, or in any manner dellroyed.or de¬
prived of his life, libeity or property, but by the trial by jury or by the law of the laod.
10. That every freeman reftraiocd of his liberty is entitled to a remedy, to enquire
into the lawfulness thereof, and to remove the fame if unlawful, aod that fuch remedy
ooght not to be denied or delayed.
11. That io controverts lefpefting property, and io fuits between man and mao,
the antient trial by jury aa hath been excrcifed by as and our anceftors from the lime
whereof the memory of mao is not to the contrary, is one ol ike greaieit fecurities to
the rights of the people, and ought to remain facred and inviolate.
12. That every freeman ought to obtain right and juflice freely and without fale,
completely and without deoial. promptly aod without delay 1 and that all clUblifhmeota
or regulations contravening thefe rights are oppreflive aod unjufl.
13. That exceffive bail ought not to be required, oor cxccffivc fine* impofed, oor
Croel or uoufual punilhments inflifled.
14. TLat every perfon has a right to be fecure from all onreafonable fearchri and
feizures of his perfon, his papers, or his property, and therefore that all warrants to fexrch
fufpe&ed places, or to feize any perfon, his papers, or his property, without inlorm-
ation opoo oath or affirmation, ofSufficient caofe, are grievous and oppreflive, and
that all general warrants (or fuch in which the p.ace or perfon fufpeClcd are not par¬
ticularly defigoated) are dangerous and ought not to be granted.
15. That the people have a right to freedom offpeech, and of writing apd pohlifh.
ing their fentiments ; that the freedom of the prefs ia one of the greeted bulwarks of
liberty, and ought not to be violated.
16. That the people have a right peaceably 10 aflembla together to confolt for their
common good, or to ioOrufl their reprefemativri ; and that every perfoo has a light to
petition or apply to the Legiflatnre for redrefs of grievances.
17. That the people have a right to keep and bear arofs ; that a well regulated mi¬
ll ja, including the body of rhe people capable of bearing arms, is the proper, Datural
nod fafe defence of a free State ; that tie militia (hall oot be fubjetfl to martial law,
except io lime of war, rebellion, or inforreftion ; that (laodiog armies in time of peace
■ re dangerous to liberty, and ooght not to be kept up, except in cafes of necellity ; aod
that at all ticnes the military (houjd be under drift, fubordioation to the civil power j
thst io time of peace 00 foldier ought to be quartered in any houfe without the con¬
fent of the owner ; and in time ofwar oofy by the civil magiftratc, ia fuch manner as
the law dire&s.
18. That any pe.rioo religioufly fcrupulocs of bearing arms ought to be exempted,
epon payment of 20 equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his dead.
UNDER thefe impredion*, and declaring that the rights aforefaid cannot be abridg¬
ed or violated, and that the explanations aforefaid, are confident with the filed Con¬
flitution, and in confidence that the amendments hereafter mentioned, will Ceceire aa
early and mature confideration, and conformably to the fifth article of faid Conftitu¬
tion fpecdily become a part thereof j WE, the faid DELEGATES, in the Name and
in the Behalf of the PEOPLE of the STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVI¬
DENCE-PLANT ATIONS, do by thefe Prefentn&flcnt to aod ratify the faid Cooftitu¬
tioo. IN FULL CONFIDENCE, neverthelefi, that until the amendments hrrealte# •
propofed (hall be agreed to and ratified, in purfoant to the aforefaid fifth article, the
(Dilitia of this State will not be contiooed io fervice out of this State for a longer
lerot thao fix weeks, without thd confent of the Legiflatyjp; thereof j that the Con-
. grefs will not make or alter any regulation io this State refpeflipg the limes,
places tod manner of holding •ieflioa# for Senators or Reprefentatives, onleft the
Legiflature of this Slate (hall ncglcftor refafc to make lawl or regulations for the put-
pole, or from any circumftance be incapable of makiag the fame ; aod that in thofe ca¬
fes feeh power will only be exercifcd until the Legiflatore of this State (hall make pro¬
visos in the preiyufts ; that ike Congrefs will act lay dircA U*aa within this Stat*
when the monies aiifing from the impofl, lornsyj, and dxrifr (hall be iofufficiaai
tba aablic exigencies j nor until the Congrats fl>«l( lav* (ufl made a requ'fiiou up-
ibis State 10 a (Ir fit, levy, onJ pay the amount of fuch rrqoifiiinti mada sgievablr 10 Pi a
danfus fixed in the (aid Confliiutioo in (uch way and roadnri as the Legiflature of this
Stale (bail judge baft, and that tha Congrats will not lay or snaka any capitation of
foil taxi
I DONE IN CONTENTION, ol Newport, ia iL Carnal, Newport, io lb, StMl if
Rhode I (land and Providence-Plantations, sir jrjil Day 0/ Ui>, <• ib, T,*r »/ omt
LarJ Oar Thou fan d Stvtn Hmdrid anf Nmrlj, and lb, t'tmrmatb Tur ,f lb* Inda-
pandcoie «/ ib, United States r/ America.
BY ORDER.
DANIEL OWEN, Pusi»ani?
ATTEST.
DANIEL UPDIKE, S«c»rrAi»r.
AND the CONVENTION DO, in tha Nam# and Behalf of ihe PEOPLE of ihw
ETA'JE OP RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENC^-PI-AN l-ATIONS. enjoia
it apon the Senators aod ReprcCtatative or Rrprefeniativei which may be circled 10 re-
gaunof this State in Congrefs to rxan uH their inluencr .snd ufc ell reafonable means
to objaln a ratificarion of the following amendments io ihe (aid Contliiuuon in ih«
manner ptxicribcd therein ; and id alHawi to be pa/Ted by the Congrefs In tha mran
(k»e ao oaniorm to tha fpini of tha Cud nmeadmeou, at far as the Coafliiauon wfti
■kbit.
AMENDMENT 8.
f
t. THEUaited States (hall goarantoe to each State in fovcreigoty, freedom, aad
Mnpeodrnce, and every power, jurildiftion and right, which is oot by the Cooftita-
(ion exprefsly delegated to ihe United Stales.
a. Tint Ctbsgreu (hall aot alter, mutlify or interfere in the times, places aod manner
«f holding eleftions for Senators and Reprefentatives, or either of ihem, except when
the Legiflature of any State (ha I negleft, refute; or be difllbled by invafion or rebel-
Bow, to prefcribe the fame j or in cafe when the provifion made by the State is fo !»•
pcrfeft as that 00 confcquent elrAiun is had ; and tbeo only until the Lrgiflaturc of
fcch State (hall make provifion in ihe premifes.
• t. It ia declared by the Convention that the Jodicial power of the United Slates, ia
eaivs ia which a State rosy be a party, docs not extend to criminal prulccuiions, or to
aothorilcany foil by any perfon agair.ft a Siate ; but 10 remove all doubts or conrro-
veifies refpeCling the fame, that it l« efpecially exprefTed as a part of ihe Cooftim-
tioa-of the United Stales, that Cungrels (hall not dircClly or indircClly, eithrr by
themfelves or through their judiciary. interfere wnh any one of tl)e Slates in the re¬
demption of paper money already emitted and now in circulation, of in liquidating or
difchargiog the public frcuriiies of any one State 1 ibat each and every Stare (hall
have rhe ekclufive right of fuch laws aod regulation! for the bcforo-mentioned
purposes, as tbey fhall think proper.
4- That no amendments to the Conflitution of the United States hereafter to ba
made, parfo»ut to the fifth article, fhall take rffefl, or become a part of the Conflitu¬
tion of ,ahe United States after the year 1793, without the coofeot of eleven of tha
State* heretofore ooited onderone Confederation.
5^ That the jodicial power of the United States fhall ■■■»' »' , <H 1 iuiV"
ftagfajty-Ypn^Tigjltaigg~TlCirf liave Originated before the ratification of tbti Confino-
/; e^ept idtjifpates between Slates about their territory, difputes between perfoaa
qkikiing lands under grants ol different Stares, and debc: due to the United Stacei.
'6, That no perfon (hall be compelled to do miliiary duty, uthi-rwife ihan by volun-
tiry Nilifiment, except in tafea of general invnfion 1 any thing 10 the fecond para¬
graph of the fixtb article of the Conflitution, or any law made tieder the Confliiutioo
14 the contrary notwithflanding.
J7> That no capitation or poll tax Ihall ever be laid hy Congrefs.
;8 In cafes of dircA taxes Congrefs (hall firft make rcqaifitions on the feveril Stare*
to affefs, levy, and pay their relpeClive propoitions of fuch reqoificiorii in fuch wsy
ajid manner as the Legiflatures of the levcral States (hall judge brft ; and in cafe any
ovate fhall neglefl or rrfufe to pay its proportion purfuant to foch requifitioo, thet»
Congrefs may aflefs and levy fuch State's proportion, together with interefl at tha
rate of fix per cent, per annum, from the time prefcribed io fuch requifition.
9 That Congrefs (hall lay no dueft taxes without the confent 0/ the Legiflature*
of three fourths of the States io the union.
10. That the journals of tile proceedings of the Senate and Houfe of Reprefenta¬
tives (hall be publilhed as foon as conveniently may be, at lead once 10 every
y*.xr, except fuch parts (hereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations,
as in their judgment require fecrecy.
11. That regular ftatements of the receipts and expenditures of all public mooiea
fha)l be pvblifhed at lead once a year.
ra. As (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty and ought
notto be kept up except in cales ol neceffity, and as at all times the military fhould
be onder ltr>£k fubordioation to the civil power—that therefore no (landing army or
regular troops (hall be raifed or kepi up in time of peace.
13. Thot n9 monies be 601 rowed on rhe credit of the United Stares without
the a/Tent ot two thirds of the Senators and Reprcfintatives prefent in each Houfe.
14 That the Congrefs Ihall not declare war without the concurrence of two thirds
of the Senators and Reprefentatives prefent in each houfe.
ic' That the words " without the confent of Congrefs," in (he feveoth claqfe ia
the ninth fcftioo of the firft article of the Conflitution, he expunged.
K'.'Tltat no Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States fhall hold any
offli.^-oevder the United State-, or any of thrm ; nor fhall any officer appointed by
Coajrefs) or by the Prefitlctit and Senate of the United Steles, tc permuted to hold
any office under the appointment of any of the States.
17. As a traffic tending to eflublilh or continue the fiavery of any pari of tins
human fpveies is dilgraccfol to the caufe of liberty and humanity, that Congref*
(hall, as foon as may he, promote and rftahlilh fucb laws and regulations as m»y
effeflustlly prevent the importation of (laves ol every de(cripxion into the United States.
»8. That the State Legiflatures have power to recall, wh'en they think it expe¬
dient, "heir Federal Senators, and to (end others in their (lead.
19. That Congrefs have power to cfhblilh an uniform rule of inhabitancy or (ettla-
ment of the poor of the different Stctes throughout the United States.
zo. That Congrefs ereft no company with exclufive advantages of commerce.
21. That whenever two members (hall move that the yeas and nays on any quef-
tiao,)h*ll be taken, the fame (hail be entered 00 the journals eff the relpeflive Houfe*.
ft
In CONVENTION, May 20, 1790.
RESOLVED, That three hundred copies of the Ratification of the Conflitotion
of rhv United Steles hy the Convention of this State, including the Bill of Rights
V-aawtibe propofed Amendments, be printed • Thar one copy be fent to each Membe*
Isf^W* Coovention, one to each .Member of the Upper and Lower Hnufos of Affem-
Bly, and one to each Town-Clerk in this State, fir the general information of the
people ; and that they be fent to the Sheriffs of the fcveral Counties to be diflrsbatad.
Tie foregoing is a true Copy.
By Order of iht Convention.
DANIEL UPDIKE, Sscretary.
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South-Carolina. | In the Commons House of Assembly, | the 29th Day of
November, 1765. j This House, sincerely devoted, with the warmest
Sentiments of Affection | and Duty to His Majesty's Person and Govern¬
ment; ... | [62 lines] | In the Commons House of Assembly, | the 29th
Day of November, 1765. | Thomas Farr, jun. Clerk. | By Order of the
House, | Peter Nanigault, Speaker- | [Line of type ornaments] | Charles-
Town, printed by Peter Timothy.
Broadside. 29 x 39 cm. (22 x 35 cm.)
Publishes resolutions concerning rights, liberties, and grievances.
Contains a statement of the principle of "No taxation without repre¬
sentation."
Public Record Office, London.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the Commons $oufe of SJfffmblp,
the 29th Day ol November, 1765.
XH I S Houfc, Gnccrfly devoted, with the warmeft Sentiment? of Affe£lion
and Duty to His Majefty's Pcrlon and Government; inviolably attached to the prefent happy Eftablilhrnenr
srotcilant Succcflion; and with Minds deeply imprefted by a Senfe of the prefcni and impending Misfortunes
bo the People of this Province) efteetnit their indiipenfablc Duty to their ConlUtucnts, to Thenvfclvcs, and to Pof-
tcrity, to tom« to the following RESOLUTIONS, refpeding their moft cflentul Rights and Liberties, and the Oric-
vaiN.es under which they labour, by Reafun of feveral late Ads of Parliament
I. RESOLVED, That His Majefty's Subjeds in thij Province o\ye the fame Allegiance to the Crown of
Great-Britain, that is due from His Subjedts born there.
II. THAI llis Majefty's Liege Subjedts in this Province, are in titled to ah the inherent Rights and Liberties
rf His natural bprn Subjedts within the Kingdom of Cheat-Britain.
III. THAT the Inhabitants of this Province appear alfo to be confirmed in all the Rights afore-mentioned, not
only by their Charter, but by an Act of Parliament of the 13th Gioroe 11
IV. THAT it is inftparably cITential to the Ficedom of a People, and the undoubted Right of Englishmen,
that no Taxes be impofed on them but with their own Confent, given pcrfohally, or by their Reprelentativcs.
V. THAT the People of this Province are not, and, Irom their local Circumftanccs, cannot be, represented in
the Houfoof Commons of Great-Britain. And farther, That, in the Opinion of this Houfc, the leveral
Powers of LcgiHatien in America were coaftitutcd, in feme Meafure, upon the Apprehenfion of this Impradicability.
VI. THAT the only Reprcfentauves of the People of this Province are, Perlons chofen therein b) thcmfelvcs.
and that noTaxes ever have been, or can be, conftitutionally impofed on them, but by the Lcgiflaturc of this Provinci
Vil. THAT all Supplies to the Crown beiDg free Gilts of the People, it is unrcafonablc and inconfifteut with
the Principles and Spirit of the British Conllitulion, for the.People of Great-Britain to grant to His Ma-
jefty the Property ol the People of this Province.
VIII. THAI Trial by Jury, is the inherent and invaluable Right ef every British Suhjed in this Province.
IX. THAT the late Act 01 Parliament, intituled, " an At! for granting and applying certain Stamp Datics,
t and otber Duties, on Ibt BrItish Colonics and Plantations in America, " occ. by impofing Taaes on the Inha¬
bitants of this Province) and the faid Ad and feveral other Ads, by extending the Jurifdidtion of the Courts of
Adiuii-aJty, beyond its ancient Limits; have a maaifeft Tendency to iubvert the Rights and Liberties of the People
of this Province.
X. THAT die Duties impofed, by feveral lite Ads of Parliament, on the People of this Province, will be
extremely burthenfome and grievous, and, from the Scarcity of Gold and Silver, die Payment of them abJblutcl/
impradicable.'
XI. THAT, as the Profits of the Trade of the People of this Province ultimately center in GRrAT-baitain,
to pay for the ManufadureS which they arc obliged to take irom thence, they evcntu.illy contribute very largely
to all the Supplies granted there to the Crown : And brfides, as every Individual in this Province, is as advanta¬
geous at Ieait to Great-Britain, as if he were m GreaT-Britain; and as they pay then full Proportion
Of Taxes for the Support of His Majefty's Government here (which Taxes arc equal, or more, in Proportion to
our Ellates, than thoie paid by our Eeilow-SubjcdU in Great-Britain upon theirs)g it is unrcafonablc, for them
to be called upon, to pay any farther Part oi die Charges of the Government there.
XII. THAT the Aliemblics ol this Province have, irom Time to Time, whenever Requifitions have been made
bv His Majefty, for carrying on military Operations, either for the Defence of thcmfelvcs, or that of America in
general, molt chearfully and liberally contributed their full Proportion, of Men and Money, for thefc Services.
XIII. THAT, though the Reprelentativei of che People, oi this Province had equal Atiurances and Reafons,
With tfiofe of the other Provinces, to exped a proportional Reimburfement," of thofc immenfe Charges they had
been it,- for His Majefty's Service, in the late War, out of the feveral parliamentary Grants for the Ufe of Ame¬
rica; yet, they have obtained only their Proportion of the ftrft of thofc Grants; and the finall Sum of Two
Hundred and Eighty-five Pounds Sterling received fince.
- XIV. THAT nofwithftanding, whenever His Majefty's Service (hall; for the future, require the Aids of tho
Inhabitants of this Province, and they (hall be colled upon for that Purpofe in a Conftitutional Way, it ihall
be their indifpenfable Duty, moil chearfully and liberally, to grant to His Mojefty, their Proportion, according to
their Ability, of Men and Money, for the Defence, Security, and other public Services of the British Ameri¬
can Colonies.
XV. THAT the Reftridions on the Trade of the People of this Province, together with the late Duties and
Taxes, impofed on them by Ails of Parliament, muft neceflarily greatly leflen the Confumption of British Ma-
Bufadures amongft them.
XVI. THAI the Incrcafc, Profperity, and Happinefs of the People of this Province, depend on the full and
free Enjoyment of their Rights and Liberties) and on an affedionaic Intercourfc with Great-Britain.
XVII. That the Readinefs of the Colonies to comply with Hrs Majefty's Requifitions, as well as their Inability
to bear any additional Taxes, beyond what is laid on them by their refpedive Legfllaturcs, is apparent, from the
leveral CrtrM of Parliament, to rcimburfe them Part of the heavy Expenccs they were at in the late War in A.mer ica/
XVIII. THAT it is the Right of the British Subjeds of this Province, ro petition the King, or cither Houlo
of Parliament.
ORDERED/ That thefe "Votes and Resolutions be printed, and made public, that a juft Senfe of Li¬
berty, and the firm Sentiments of the Loyalty, of the Reprefentstives of tire People of this Province, may bo
known to their Conftituents, and transmitted ro Paftctity.
. In tbc Commons Houfe of Af-mbly, Bv Order Or the Houre,
t()tb Day of November, 1765.
Thomas Farr, jun. Clerk. PETER MANIGAULT, Spia^Cr.
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CHARLES-TOWN, printed bt PETER TIMOTHY.