- GLC#
- GLC05482
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1812
- Title
- Constitution or form of government of the state of Louisiana
- Place Written
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pagination
- 32 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 15.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Stab-stitched. The first printing of the first Louisiana constitution, the first constitution for any state west of the Mississippi. "The enabling act providing for calling a convention to frame a constitution for Louisiana was passed February 20, 1811, and this, the first constitution of Louisiana, was adopted on January 22, 1812. It is very rare" - Streeter. Streeter sale 1592. Sabin 42214. Eberstadt Constitutions 64. Jumonville 223.
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