Imprint Record

Virginia Declaration of Rights.

• Imprint Number: 1776.008
• Title: In Convention. June 12, 1776. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.
• Sequence Number: 8
• Year: 1776
• Place Issued: Williamsburg
• Issuing Press: Alexander Purdie
• Author: Virginia. Convention of May 1776 (Fifth Convention).
• Notes: Approved draft of the declaration of rights for the forthcoming state constitution.
  Title page lacks printer credit; imprint issued as a supplement to Purdie's Virginia Gazette on June 14, 1776; he was the printer to the Virginia Conventions then.
  
  
• Related Biographies:
  • Alexander Purdie, Sr.

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