A declaration of rights : also, the Constitution or form of government agreed to, and resolved upon, by the representatives of the freemen of the State of Frankland, elected and chosen for that particular purpose, in convention assembled, at Greenville, the 14th of November, 1785.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Franklin (State)
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head., M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 23 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Constitutions -- Tennessee -- Franklin (State) Constitutions -- North Carolina. Constitutions. Politics and government Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio. North Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. Tennessee. Tennessee -- Franklin (State) North Carolina. Tennessee. United States -- Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12314333

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Other authors / contributors:	Franklin (State). Constitutional Convention (1785)
Notes:	Bristol B6284 Shipton & Mooney 44887 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed April 23, 2020).
Summary:	Declaration of Rights, also the Constitution of the Form of Government, agreed to by the representatives of the freemen of the State of Franklin. These representatives had been elected for the convention at Greensville beginning November 1785. This was published in 1786 in Philadelphia. A preface explains that a committee which proposed the constitution began with the North Carolina constitution, and made various changes. The preface indicated that this proposed "Frankland" constitution was a work in progress. However the report and constitution was rejected and the North Carolina constitution adopted. Of note, this may also be called the "Holston" constitution.

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