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Recovering Our Forgotten Preamble

Constitutions, books, articles, cases, and letters cited by John W. Welch & James A. Heilpern, Recovering Our Forgotten Preamble, 91 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1021 (2018).

Pre-1789 State Constitutions, Charters, and Other Enabling Documents

Constitution for the Council and Assembly in Virginia - 1621

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - 1639

Charter of Connecticut - 1662

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina - 1669

The Fundamental Agreements of the Governor, Proprietors, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the Province of West New-Jersey - 1681

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - 1682

Charter of Delaware - 1701

Constitution of Delaware - 1776

Maryland Constitution - 1776

New Hampshire Constitution - 1776

New Jersey Constitution - 1776

North Carolina Constitution - 1776

Pennsylvania Constitution - 1776

South Carolina Constitution - 1776

Virginia Constitution - 1776

Georgia Constitution - 1777

New York Constitution - 1777

South Carolina Constitution - 1778

Massachusetts Constitution - 1780

New Hampshire Constitution - 1784

Vermont Constitution - 1786