Talk:Articles of Confederation
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This page contains the text of the Articles according to several official and unofficial sources (e.g., National Archives, University of Oklahoma Law Center, etc.). In these transcriptions, the "preamble" to the Articles is as follows:
To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
However, the image of the official document (for example, see here) shows that preamble as being much longer. Does anyone know the reason behind this discrepancy, and which is the "official version"?
[edit] ok
i found your answer: "To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Whereas the Delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, and in the Second Year of the Independence of America agree to certain articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia in the Words following, viz. "Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia."
this is what is on the preamble
i dont know why its not on the article and i dont know if i should change it or not —unsigned comment by 24.127.224.149 (talk) 01:31, 19 January 2006.
[edit] Capitalization
I noticed that the 18th century extensive use of capital letters (as seen in the text of the Constitution or Declaration of Independence, for example) doesn't show up here.
Actually, it does show in the manuscript, but the transcribed text doesn't faithfully copy that. For example, article 3 has "Liberties" but the transcribed text on the main page has that in lower case. Perhaps a nit, but still...
—unsigned comment by 12.110.134.20 (talk) 13:56, 24 March 2009.
- Feel free to correct it ;-)
- John Vandenberg (chat) 07:24, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
