[CONSTITUTION]. Constitutional Law. Washington City, 1819. FIRST EDITION THUS.
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[CONSTITUTION]. Constitutional Law: Comprising the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation; the Constitution of the United States; and the Constitutions of several States composing the Union. Washington City: Gales and Seaton, 1819.
12mo. Errata slip pasted to final leaf verso. (Browning and spotting throughout, some dampstaining.) Contemporary calf, smooth spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (minor losses to spine ends, some light wear).
FIRST EDITION THUS, including constitutions of Vermont, Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, and Illinois in addition to the 13 original states. Louis Dicken Wilson represented Edgecombe County in the General Assembly of North Carolina from 1814-1819, and then in the North Carolina Senate in 1820, and again from 1824-1832, when he was chosen speaker. Shaw-Shoemaker 47716; see Sabin 16133 (listing only later editions).
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