Proceedings of the Virginia Convention, vol. 1.

• imprint_number: 1788.028
• title: Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. To which is prefixed, the Federal Constitution [volume I].
• sequence_number: 28
• year: 1788
• place_issued: Petersburg
• issuing_press: Hunter & Prentis
• author: Virginia. Convention of June 1788.
• notes: First of three volumes from the stenographic record taken unofficially by David Robertson of Petersburg; evidently issued in sequence as type-setting process neared 13 sheets (208 pages) each; Hunter died between the publication of vols. 1 and 2 (Dec. 12, 1788); as a result, volume 2 (1789.018) and volume 3 (1789.019) bear the colophon of Prentis alone.
  The Early American Imprints Series filmed volume 1 twice; vols. 2 & 3 not filmed, although Evans number for those items (22225) was used as an identifier for the filmed duplication.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Miles Hunter
  • William Prentis

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