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includes images of newspaper articles (1787), notes Washington and Jefferson wrote on drafts of the Constitution (1787-88), Jefferson’s chart of state votes (1788), Washington's diaries (1786-89), Hamilton's speech notes for proposing a plan of government, a Philadelphia map (1752), the "broadside" Bill of Rights (1791), and other artifacts. (Library of Congress)
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 ![The foundation of American government / Hy. Hintermeister. [Newark, New Jersey : Osborn Co.], c1925.](http://free.ed.gov/images/resources/const-tool.jpg)

The foundation of American government |
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