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Collection Reference Number GLC01063
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1789 
Title Gazette of the United States. No. XLVII (September 23, 1789). Includes twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution
Date 23 September 1789
Author Fenno, John (1751-1798)  
Document Type Newspapers and Magazines
Content Description Reports on the Senate proceedings and prints twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution, an early form of the Bill of Rights. Reports on a debate in the House of Representatives on judicial salaries. Contains news from Europe, including the French Revolution, with a report on France's new Constitution. Features a continuation of a printing of "The Right Constitution of a Common Wealth Examined." Also contains a continuation of Noah Webster's criticisms of Edward Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Subjects US Constitution  US Constitutional Amendment  Bill of Rights  Government and Civics  Law  Congress  Judiciary  Finance  Economics  French Revolution  Global History and Civics  Classical World and Ancient Civilization  Literature and Language Arts  
People Fenno, John (1751-1798)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Creating a New Government; Foreign Affairs; Arts & Literature; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859