The Pennsylvania Packet Constitution

This is a rare copy of the first public printing of the United States Constitution. It was made by John Dunlap and David Claypoole, who secretly printed copies of the Constitution's drafts for the delegates during the convention. Once they produced the official, final broadsides, they put their newspaper name on top and sold it for four pence-the first time anyone in the public got to read the document. About 25 copies are known to have survived.

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