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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: University of WisconsinMadison - Center for the Study of the American Constitution - English Bill of Rights, 1689.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: Legislation.gov.uk - Bill of Rights [1688].	Gloria Lotha	Oct 26, 2023
	Add new Web site: University of Maryland - Department of Economics - Design and evolution in institutional development: The insignificance of the English Bill of Rights.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - Avalon Project - English Bill of Rights 1689.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 13, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - The Bill of Rights, 1689.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 23, 2023
	Corrected display issue.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 06, 2019
	Corrected display issue.	Jeff Wallenfeldt	Jul 22, 2019
	Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Historic Documents - Bill of Rights and Later Amendments.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 20, 2016
	Media added.	Mic Anderson	Jun 03, 2016
	Added new Web site: Constitution Society - Bill of Rights 1689.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 01, 2009
	Added new Web site: Fordham University- The Bill of Rights, 1689.	Kokila Manchanda	May 30, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Open Door Web Site - The Bill of Rights.	Kokila Manchanda	May 30, 2007
	Added new Web site: Constitution society - English Bill of Rights.	Kokila Manchanda	May 30, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 28, 2003
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 23, 2002
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 05, 2001
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998