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Story of the Constitution, TheEntry/Object ID
L9999.999.1080Description
The official poster of the United States Constitution Sequicentennial Commission is on the front cover of the book and is described in the Introduction. It was painted by Howard Chandler Christy. The story of the constitution is divided into 3 parts: Origin of the United States, Formation of the Constitution and the Constitution in Operation. Included in the book are portraits and sketches of the signers of the Constitution, the text, resolutions during the continental congress, amendments, and an analysis. It goes on to the text of the Declaration of Independence and Washington's Farewell Address. There are portraits and sketches of the Chief Justices as well as the history of the Great Seal of the United States.
Frontispiece has this statement: "To the Four Buzard Bros., from Dana A. Mitchell, Chicago, Ill. Sept. 17, 1937".Lexicon
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