Virginia Declaration of Rights.

• imprint_number: 1776.008
• title: In Convention. June 12, 1776. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.
• sequence_number: 8
• year: 1776
• place_issued: Williamsburg
• issuing_press: Alexander Purdie
• author: Virginia. Convention of May 1776 (Fifth Convention).
• notes: Approved draft of the declaration of rights for the forthcoming state constitution.
  Title page lacks printer credit; imprint issued as a supplement to Purdie's Virginia Gazette on June 14, 1776; he was the printer to the Virginia Conventions then.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Alexander Purdie, Sr.

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