Minutes of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : ... At Philadelphia, Tuesday the Twenty-Fourth Day of November, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine [1789], for the Purpose of Reviewing, and if They See Occasion, Altering and Amending, the Constitution of This State.

Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson. Very Good-. 1790. First Edition. Leather. [With] Minutes of the Grand Committee of the Whole Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 246 pages; [1790] Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Philadelphia. Folio; full leather. Includes 2 of the 3 parts which recorded minutes and notes of the deliberations, votes and texts of the changes to the PA State Constitution at the Convention in Philadelphia, which began on Nov 24, 1789 and continued well into the year of 1790. This copy includes "The Minutes of the Convention [First Session]" and "The Minutes of the Grand Committee of the Whole Convention." Bound thus - with Minutes of the Grand Committee preceding the Minutes of the Convention [First Session]. 101; 146 pp. Though paged continuously the Minutes of the Second Session are not found in this example. Recased in full tan goat skin with red leather label, title tooled in gilt at spine. Borders chained in blind to board edges with gilt ruling to spine. Endpages refreshed and the full title page for Minutes of the Grand Committee supplied in a high quality and convincing facsimile. Text pages bright and supple with only occasional general toning to some pages of the Minutes [First Session], presumably from variability of paper stock. Leaf Oo in Minutes [1st Session], pages 145/146 has been backed with japanese kozo to stabilize fragility at edges. Important and uncommon record of the fraught and difficult negotiations involved in changing the unusually egalitarian 1776 PA Constitution into the more traditional republican form of constitutional government. In place of the weaker plural executive branch, the new Constitution empowered a single elected executive with broader powers; the egalitarian unicameral legislative body was replaced with the more traditional bi-cameral Senate and House style of Legislative government. Rebound and quite handsome thus. Complete with respect to the 2 parts recorded by Evans as 22764 and 22766. VG thus. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .