The Missing 13th Amendment

How does one make an amendment to the U.S. Constitution disappear? Does the fact that it has been rediscovered make all of the following amendments void because the enumeration is incorrect? Hopefully this will spread like wildfire!

Table of Official Publications
This table presents the data and images of the TONA Research Committee archival discoveries of State and Territorial Publications published between 1816 through 1876 that show the inclusion of the 13th Titles of Nobility and Honour Amendment to the Constitution for the United States. As each year has gone by the Committee has found more publications.

If you are interested you can click on each of the underlined publication dates to view the images. [Some remain yet to be scanned.]

State; Ratification; Date; Frontis Page; Amendment Page
Delaware; Feb. 2, 1811; N/A; N/A
Pennsylvania; Feb. 6, 1811; 1818, 1824, 1831; 1818, 1824, 1831
New Jersey; Feb. 13, 1811
Georgia; Dec. 13, 1811
Connecticut; Rejected; May 11,1813; 1821, 1824,1835,1839; 1821, 1824,1835,1839
Massachusetts; Feb. 27, 1812; 1816, 1823; 1816, 1823
Maryland; Dec. 25, 1810
South Carolina; Tabled - No Action Taken; Dec. 21, 1814
New Hampshire; Dec. 9, 1812
Virginia; May 1, 1810 & Mar. 12, 1819; Published Mar 12,1819; 1819
New York; Rejected; May 1, 1813; New York published but date is unknown
North Carolina; Dec. 23, 1811; 1819, 1821, 1828; 1819, 1821, 1828
Rhode Island; Rejected; Sep. 15, 1814; 1822; 1822
Vermont; Oct. 24, 1811
Kentucky; Jan. 31, 1811; 1822; 1822
Tennessee; Nov. 21, 1811
Ohio; Jan. 31, 1811; 1819, 1824, 1831, 1833, 1835, 1848; 1819, 1824, 1831, 1833, 1835, 1848; It is interesting to note that the Ohio 1833 volume was edited by Salmon P. Chase, subsequently Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War, and Supreme Court Chief Justice 1864-1873
Louisiana; Recognized; 1825, 1855; 1825, 1855
Indiana; Recognized; 1824, 1831, 1838; 1824, 1831, 1838; The 1824 volume was Abe Lincoln's first law book, which he studied diligently from the time he was 18. He was very conversant of all the laws and statutes, including the U.S. Constitution and Amendments. Lincoln was very well aware of the 13th Titles of Nobility and Honors amendment. See these images Title Page, Page 32, Page 33, Page 34, Page 35
Mississippi; Recognized; 1823, 1824, 1839; 1823, 1824, 1839
Illinois; Recognized; 1823, 1825, 1827, 1833, 1839, 1845; 1823, 1825, 1827, 1833, 1839, 1845
Alabama; Not Known
Maine; Recognized; 1825, 1831; 1825, 1831; The rediscovery document found by Dodge and Dunn in 1983 is the 1825 publication of the Constitutions of Maine and of the United States.
Missouri; Recognized; 1818, 1825, 1835, 1840, 1841, 1845; 1818, 1825, 1835, 1840, 1841, 1845
Arkansas; Not Known
Michigan; Recognized; Terr. Publication, 1827, 1833; Terr. Publication, 1827, 1833
Florida; Recognized; Terr. Publication, 1823, 1825, 1837; Terr. Publication, 1823, 1825, 1837
Texas; Not Known
Iowa; Recognized; Terr. Publication, 1839, 1843; Terr. Publication, 1839, 1843
Wisconsin; Recognized; N.W. Terr. Publ., 1833; N.W. Terr. Publ., 1833
California; Not Known
Minnesota; Recognized; N.W. Terr. Publ., 1833; N.W. Terr. Publ., 1833
Oregon; Not Known
Kansas; Recognized; 1855, 1861, 1862, 1868; 1855, 1861, 1862, 1868
West Virginia; Not Known
Nevada; Not Known
Nebraska; Recognized; Territorial Publication, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862; State Publication 1873; Territorial Publication, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862; State Publication 1873
Colorado; Recognized; Territorial Publication, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868; Spanish 1867; Territorial Publication, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868; Spanish 1867
North Dakota; Recognized; Territorial Publication, 1862, 1863, 1867; Territorial Publication, 1862, 1863, 1867
South Dakota; Recognized; Territorial Publication, 1862, 1863, 1867; Territorial Publication, 1862, 1863, 1867
Montana; Not Known
Washington; Not Known
Idaho; Not Known
Wyoming; Recognized; Territorial Publication, 1870, 1876; Territorial Publication, 1870, 1876

In September, 2002, the TONA Research Committee acquired the book "Military Laws of the United States to which is prefixed the Constitution of the United States", authorized by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, compiled by Major Trueman Cross, Deputy Quarter-Master-General of the Army, published in Washington in 1825. It contains the 13th Amendment in its proper place.[Frontis Page], [Request for Authorization], [Authorization by JCC], [Image of Page 14, Amendments 1 - VI], [Image of Page 15, Amendments VI(Cont) - XII], [Image of XII(Cont) and XIII]

Of note also, the 2nd Amendment [Image of Page 14, Article II] is properly presented as ratified and as shown in all presentations until after the time of the Civil War and Reconstruction, without the extra commas after the words "Militia" and "Arms". The only source properly presented today is that for the United States Senate on the United States Government Printing Office site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/html/amdt2.html

The TONA Research Committee is in physical possession of certified images of the 13th Amendment as presented in all the above publications or of the publications themselves.