TY - GEN T1 - The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon, or English ConstitutionCarefully collected from the best authorities; with some observations, on their peculiar fitness, for the united colonies in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. By Demophilus. [Four lines of quotations]. DA - MDCCLXXVI. [1776] CY - Philadelphia : AU - Demophilus. PB - Printed, and sold, by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, PP - Philadelphia : PY - MDCCLXXVI. [1776] N1 - "I have thought it my duty to collect some sentiments from a certain very scarce book, entitled an Historical essay on the English Constitution [by Allan Ramsay], and publish them, with whatever improving observations our differing circumstances may suggest .."--p. 4. N1 - "Pages 41-46 contain the Declaration of Independence. As the advertisement at the end is dated July 8, 1776, this is probably the first publication of the Declaration in book form made."--Evans. N1 - Running title: The English Constitution. N1 - Publisher's prospectus, p. [47]. N1 - Reproduction of original from British Library. ID - 633247 KW - Constitutional history TI - The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon, or English ConstitutionCarefully collected from the best authorities; with some observations, on their peculiar fitness, for the united colonies in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. By Demophilus. [Four lines of quotations]. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0914600600&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0914600600&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi ER -