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An Examination of the Constitution for the United States of America
5 parts, 1788. By an American Citizen (the title page); attributed to Tench Coxe (as given in the catalogue record of Evans-TCP N16378: "Attributed to Tench Coxe by Evans.").
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An American Citizen, To the Candid Reader
TO THE CANDID READER1 min- I
An American Citizen, Number I
AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, &c8 min - II
An American Citizen, Number II
NUMBER II. On the ſafety of the people, from the reſtraints impoſed upon the Senate4 min - III
An American Citizen, Number III
NUMBER III. On the ſafety of the people, from the nature of the Houſe of Repreſentatives3 min - IV
An American Citizen, Number IV
NUMBER IV. The ſecurity for national ſafety and happineſs, reſulting from other parts of the foederal Government13 min
Text of An Examination of the Constitution for the United States of America (Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr. in Fourth-Street, between Market and Arch-Streets. MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]), Evans 21028, as typed by the Text Creation Partnership. How this text was made