(CONSTITUTION) Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of

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THIS BOOK HELPED RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION (CONSTITUTION.) Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North-Carolina. 8vo, contemporary calf, quite worn, needs rebinding; lacking leaves A2 and A3, first few leaves worn at edges, minor dampstaining; numerous owners' inscriptions on endpapers and elsewhere. Edenton, NC, 1789

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Federalist delegates James Iredell and William R. Davie had these debates published at their own expense, which "gave a powerful impetus to the reaction which secured ratification in 1789" (Iredell's DAB entry). Early owner William Coruthers declared book theft a capital crime in his flyleaf inscription: "Steel not this book my honist freind, for fear the gallas should prove your end." Evans 22037; Ford, Adoption of the Constitution, 107; Sabin 55662. Only one other copy known at auction, in 1981.