DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & U.S. CONSTITUTION DODSLEY, J. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1774 - 1787. J. Dodlsey, 1775 - 1789. 1st Editions [?]. 13 volumes. 8vo. pp. [4], 280, 245, [9]; [4], 272, 244, [10]: iv, 270, [2], 259, [9]: iv, 303, [1], 249, [1], [10]: iv, 334, [2], 245, [11]: vii, 442, 193, [9]; vii, 404, 251, [11]; [4], 339, 207, [12]; iv, 324, 215, [12]; [4], 367, 223, [13]; [4], 366, 182, [13]; iv, 302, 200, [12]; [2], ii, 320, 202, [14]. Full contemporary calf, with old rebacks, a little chipped to the spine heads, two labels missing, but a sound set. Volume 23 [1780], wrongly dated 1680 on the spine label. Each volume with the bookplate of Elizabeth Digby. An unbroken run of 13 volumes covering a tumultuous period of North American history, these volumes contain many reports on the crisis in the colonies and include one of the earliest printings of both the Declaration of Independence [1776 volume, page 261] and the Constitution of the United States [1787 volume, page 289].