NMLP P-045644 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Robert's Rules of Order (Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies)

Henry M. Robert · S. C. Griggs & Company (Chicago) · 1876

US first (Griggs, Chicago, 1876) is the true first; no foreign precedence. Because Robert revised almost immediately, the principal traps are the July 1876 second edition (192 pp, adds Part III) and the later heavily revised editions (3rd, 1893; 4th, 1915, 'completely reworked and 75% enlarged'), all of which are 'first thus' at best.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045644 for "Robert's Rules of Order (Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies)" by Henry M. Robert (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045644, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).