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The Bill of Rights

  Below is an image of the original document containing the twelve amendments
of the Bill of Rights proposed by the first Congress (on September 25, 1789).
This is the document which is on display at the National Archives

READ THE TEXT

Additional information on the Bill of Rights, and a larger image,
is available at the National Archives Charters of Freedom
 

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free ...
it expects what never was and never will be.”

– Thomas Jefferson
Created: 09July2005
 
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