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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).

Constitutions of the United States of America

Documents are arranged in chronological order.

Articles of Confederation

Jefferson's Annotated Copy of Benjamin Franklin's Proposed Articles of Confederation - 1775

Articles of Confederation - 1781

Constitution of the United States of America

September 12 Draft of the United States Constitution - September 12, 1787

Jacob Broom Draft of the United States Constitution - September 17, 1787

Constitution of the United States Printed in the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, September 19, 1787

Copy of the U.S. Constitution Printed and Sold by Nathaniel Patten - 1787

United States Constitution - 1789

United States Bill of Rights (including amendments IX and X) - 1791