Senate Revisions to House Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, 09/09/1789

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• Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

• Textual Records

This item was produced or created:

• 09/09/1789

The creator compiled or maintained the series between:

1789 - 2002

General Note(s):

• On June 8, 1789, Representative James Madison of Virginia introduced a series of proposed amendments to the newly ratified U.S. Constitution. That summer the House of Representatives debated the issues and on August 24 passed seventeen proposed constitutional amendments. The Senate then took up the matter, altering and consolidating the amendments. Ultimately, Congress forwarded to the states 12 articles of amendment; 10 of them (articles 3 through 12) were subsequently ratified and became the Bill of Rights.

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• Unrestricted
  

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• Unrestricted
  

This printed document shows handwritten revisions by Senators during the process of altering and consolidating the amendments to the U.S. Constitution proposed by James Madison of Virginia.

ARC Identifier:

3535588

Copy 1:

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• Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building
  Room 8E, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  Washington, DC 20408
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• Specific Media Type: Paper