The New Roof article printed in the Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1787


Permanent ID:
9079
Call number:
DL 1559
Date:
December 29 1787
Image Description:
Article titled "The New Roof" from The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1787.  Written by Francis Hopkinson, the story is an allegory concerning the new United States Constitution, which was drafted in the summer of 1787 and signed Septebmer 17, 1787 as a replacement for the ineffective Articles of Confederation.
Format:
Printed Matter
Related Person or Organization:
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 (author)