THE CONSTITUTION: HAS ANYONE PROOFREAD OUR COPIES? — BY NICK LEVINSON
Appendix 12: Comparison of House of Representatives Pamphlet to NARA
The Constitution of the United States with Index and The Declaration of Independence (U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. Document 106-215) (online pamphlet), 20th ed. repr. 2000). (Details in Data Documentation for this article.)
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- Art. I, § 2, cl. 3, fr. 4
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- number of Representatives
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Number of Representatives
- Art. I, § 7, cl. 2, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- it becomes
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- it become
- Art. I, § 7, cl. 3, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- question
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Question
- NOTES ON NARA:
- It is unclear from the calligraphical x-height whether the initial is a capital or lower case; the letter is shaped as for lower case but is written taller and wider, albeit only somewhat taller and somewhat wider. Cf. “Q” in Art. VI, cl. 3, “Qualification”, in which the letter is shaped as for lower case but scaled large.
- Art. I, § 8, cl. 10, fr. 4
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Offenses
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Offences
- Art. I, § 8, cl. 17, fr. 10
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for trailing punctuation.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- dock-Yards
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- dock-Yards,
- Art. I, § 8, cl. 17, fr. 12
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for “And” and the space, em-dash, or em-dash-and-space preceding the “And”.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Buildings;—And
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Buildings;— And
- Art. I, § 8, cl. 18, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- States
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- States,
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 5, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- any person
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- any Person
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 7, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- increased
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- encreased
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The loop of the initial is sufficiently open to prevent confusion as an “i” without a dot.
- Art. II, § 1, cl. 8, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- :—“I
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- :— “I
- NOTES ON NARA:
- A space is present after the em-dash.
- Art. II, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Offenses
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Offences
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Authority;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Authority;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Consuls;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Consuls;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 6
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Jurisdiction;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Jurisdiction;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 1, fr. 7
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Party;—to
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Party;— to
- Art. III, § 2, cl. 3, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Impeachment;
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Impeachment,
- Art. IV, § 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- other State;
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- other State.
- Before Amendment I, Statement of Desire, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- [blank]
- NOTES ON U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- This is probably not an error.
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- 4
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The “4” is probably no part of the Constitutional Amendments as ratified.
- Before Amendment I, Statement of Desire, fr. 4
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- beneficent
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- benificent
- Before Amendment I, Statement of Desire, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- institution:
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- institution
- NOTES ON NARA:
- There might be a semicolon or a colon at the end, but, if so, the character is unclear, and if a colon it is somewhat elevated; there might instead be marks that are not writing; nor does there appear to be a period there, since what would be such a period is elevated to the x-height and not on the baseline.
- Amdt. I, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- press,
- NOTES ON U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- If the National Archives’ High Resolution rendition fragment has a comma, this rendition fragment is not in error.
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- press;
- NOTES ON NARA:
- Whether there’s a semicolon or a comma is unclear.
- Amdt. III, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- house,
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- house;
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The semicolon may be a comma, given that the dot for the semicolon is of a different color, suggesting a paper defect or a mark without meaning, rather than a semicolon; but, on balance, it appears to be a semicolon.
- Amdt. V, fr. 2
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for word choice and not for case.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- a Grand
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Grand
- NOTES ON NARA:
- A smudge precedes “Grand”; see also Virginia’s copy of the sheet stating the first twelve proposed Amendments, illustrated in Life, Fall Special, 1991.
- Amdt. V, fr. 8
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- limb,
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- limb;
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The semicolon may be a comma, but the dot for the semicolon, although faint, is perhaps slightly darker than the dot in the letter “i”.
- Amdt. V, fr. 9
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- criminal
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Criminal
- Amdt. V, fr. 10
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- use
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- use,
- Amdt. VI, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- committed;
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- committed,
- Amdt. VI, fr. 4
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spelling
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- process
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- praeess
- NOTES ON NARA:
- 1. The only thing resembling a smudge, discoloration, interruption, or other defect is at the stroke attachment point on the right side of the “a”, too low to imply an “o” instead, and thus is irrelevant to the apparent misspelling. — 2. The Oxford English Dictionary Online (accessed October 9, 2002) showed no entry for “praeess” or “praess” (the latter sought only on speculation of orthographic reasonableness).
- Amdt. VI, fr. 6
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- assistance
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Assistance
- Amdt. VI, fr. 7
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- counsel
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Counsel
- Amdt. VII, fr. 5
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for punctuation.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- a jury
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- a jury,
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The comma is a faint stroke somewhat to the right of where it should be but the trailing word space is otherwise unusually wide, unlikely if the stroke is merely a stain.
- Amdt. IX, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Constitution
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Constitution,
- Amdt. IX, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- rights
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- rights,
- Amdt. X, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- United States
- NARA SOURCE:
- High Resolution rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- United States,
- NOTES ON NARA:
- The comma is faint, and possibly isn’t present, but spacing appears intended to accommodate a comma. An alternative explanation for the visible mark is that it is the beginning of an upstroke for the “b” which comes next, but that is not consistent with other occurrences of an initial “b” in this Amendment and in Amendments II and IX, which do not show such an upstroke commencing much to the left of the principal downstroke in the corresponding letter.
- Amdt. XII, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- respective states,
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- respective states
- Amdt. XII, fr. 5
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- and Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- and Vice-President
- Amdt. XII, fr. 15
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for spacing or line breakage immediately after the semicolon and for the em-dash or double hyphen.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Senate;—The
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Senate; -- the
- Amdt. XII, fr. 16
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for spacing immediately after the em-dash or double hyphen.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Senate;—The
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Senate; -- the
- Amdt. XII, fr. 17
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- The President of the Senate shall
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- the President of the Senate shall
- Amdt. XII, fr. 19
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for spacing immediately after the semicolon.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- counted;—The
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- counted; -- The
- Amdt. XII, fr. 21
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for spacing immediately after the em-dash or double hyphen.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- counted;—The
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- counted; -- The
- Amdt. XII, fr. 39
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- then the Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- then the Vice-President
- Amdt. XII, fr. 40
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- in the case
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- in case
- Amdt. XII, fr. 42
- NOTES ON FRAGMENT:
- This fragment is quoted only for spacing immediately before the em-dash or double hyphen.
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- spacing
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- President— The
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- President. -- The
- Amdt. XIV, § 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- States and subject
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- States, and subject
- Amdt. XIV, § 2, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Vice-President
- Amdt. XIV, § 3, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- hyphenation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Vice-President
- Amdt. XIV, § 5, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- power
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- the power
- Amdt. XV, § 1, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- punctuation
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- servitude.
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- servitude--
- Amdt. XX, § 1, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- Vice President
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- the Vice President
- Amdt. XXI, § 2, fr. 1
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- case
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- possession
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Possession
- Amdt. XXII, § 1, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- of the President more than once
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- of President more than once
- Amdt. XXII, § 1, fr. 7
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- the Congress
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Congress
- Amdt. XXIII, § 1, cl. 1, fr. 3
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- the Congress
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- Congress
- Amdt. XXIV, § 1, fr. 2
- TYPE OF ERROR:
- word choice
- TEXT OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPS. DOC.:
- any poll
- NARA SOURCE:
- Retypeset rendition.
- TEXT PER NARA:
- poll
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