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Broadsheet printing of the Constitution page 1

Constitutional Convention

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
New York, NY, United States

This document is the rarest printing of the United States Constitution, with only two copies in existence. It is contemporaneous to the September 19, 1787, issue of Dunlap and Claypoole’s Philadelphia newspaper, The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, which is generally regarded as the first publication of the Constitution.

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  • Title: Broadsheet printing of the Constitution page 1
  • Creator: Constitutional Convention
  • Date Created: ca. September 17-18, 1787
  • Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • GLC Number: GLC00258
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

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