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[U.S. Constitution] Hutchins, John Nathan. Hutchins Improved: Being an Almanac and Ephemeris…For the Year of Our Lord 1788… New York: H[ugh] Gaine, [1787]. Printed wraps disbound and once stapled. Illustrated with a woodcut of “The Anatomy of Man’s Body, as govern’d by the Twelve Constellations.” 12mo. [44] pp. Includes the complete printing of the U.S. Constitution; pp. 30 prints the letter of George Washington, "The Result of the Deliberations of the Federal Convention," dated September 17, 1787. The following 11 pages print the Constitution including signatures in type and the resolution to transmit the Constitution to Congress and with recommendations for ratification. Mild toning, old staple, small chip to lower margin of title. According to an advertisement for this Almanac that appeared in the New-York Morning Post, this full text was an insertion included so that everyone might own a copy of the Constitution.