Imprint Record

Various Extracts on the Fœderal Government.

• Imprint Number: 1787.029
• Title: Various extracts on the fœderal government, proposed by the Convention held at Philadelphia.
• Sequence Number: 29
• Year: 1787
• Place Issued: Richmond
• Issuing Press: John Dixon
• Author: Coxe, Tench (1755-1824), et al.
• Notes: Imprint lacks date; attributed here to the Richmond press of John Dixon based on his use of the diphthong "œ" in spelling the word "fœderal" – a feature that was unique to his imprints on the constitutional debate.
  Contains essays signed "An American Citizen" [Tench Coxe] and "Centinel" [Samuel Bryan], speeches by James Wilson and Benjamin Franklin. a letter from Richard Henry Lee, and the objections of Elbridge Gerry.
  
  
• Related Biographies:
  • John Dixon Sr.

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