George Washington's signature is seen on the first president's personal copy of the Acts of the first Congress (1789), containing the Constitution and the proposed Bill of Rights. AP A book owned ...

When a book containing George Washington's personal copies of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was first sold at a Philadelphia auction house in 1876, it was purchased for $13 — about ...

Having set a world record, George Washington’s personal copy of the Constitution is heading home. A book containing Washington’s annotated Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – George Washington’s personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights sold for $9.8 million at auction on Friday, setting a record for any American book or … ...

George Washington's 223-year-old copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights are expected to go for bids of $2 million to $3 million at auction next week.

George Washington’s personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights sold Friday at Christie’s for a whopping $9.8 million.

President George Washington’s personal copy of the Acts of Congress, including the United States Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights with his own handwritten notations will be so.

A copy of the Constitution that belonged to the father of our country went for one mother of a price at auction yesterday — a record $9.8 million. George Washington’s book, leather bound for ...

The father of our country left behind a copy of the Constitution with a few birthmarks. George Washington’s signed, personal copy of the Acts of Congress — holding both the Constitution… ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote attributed to George Washington, the first president of the United States, reading: "If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

(CNN) -- A priceless piece of American presidential history will go on sale next week in New York. President George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress, including the United States ...