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Images:
– Articles of Confederation, approved 15 November 1777 by the Continental Congress, p. 1 (detail). Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.
– U.S. Constitution, approved 7 September 1787 by the Constitutional Convention, p. 1 (detail). Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.
– Two illustrations in "Federal Pillar" series published by the Massachusetts Centinel with reports of states' ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division: 16 Jan. 1788: LC-USZ62-45589; 2 August 1788: LC-USZ62-45591.
– Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress, depicting the inauguration of George Washington, 30 April 1789, Federal Hall, New York City; 1790 drawing by Peter Lacour and engraving by Amos Doolittle; 2000 photograph of engraving in the private collection of Louis Alan Talley, Washington, DC (detail). Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-7831 DLC.
– Document listing twelve amendments proposed by Congress to the states, 25 September 1789 (details). Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.
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