We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America Constitution United States. Carter, John, 1745-1814 printer United States. Constitutional Convention (1787) Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress) text text Broadsides-Rhode Island-Providence-1787. Broadsheet format (Printing)-Rhode Island-Providence-1787. riu 1787 monographic Providence Printed by John Carter [1787] eng 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 39 x 27 cm. Text of the Constitution as ratified by the Constitutional Convention on Sept. 17, 1787. Date of publication from Evans. Text in three columns. LC copy annotated at top of p. [2]: Town-clerk of East-Greenwich. DLC Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Transfer; Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. United States Rhode Island Providence Const Conv no. 8 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.c0801 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.c0802 Evans 20822 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1104 ESTC W15103 90898138 hdl:loc.rbc/bdsdcc.c0801 hdl:loc.rbc/bdsdcc.c0802 aacr DLC 900517 20250607230155.1 593986 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)