Acts passed at the Second U.S. Congress - photo 1

Acts passed at the Second U.S. Congress

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Lot 161 | Acts passed at the Second U.S. Congress
U.S. CONGRESS – Acts passed at the Second Session of the Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the Fourth of January, in the Year M,DCC,XC: and of the Independence of the United States, the Fourteenth. New York: Francis Childs & John Swaine, printers to the Congress of the United States, [1790].

First official printing of the Acts of the Second U.S. Congress, in original sewn sheets. Scarce. Acts pertain to the establishment of the census, the Ohio territory, a copyright library, and the permanent capitol of the United States; also making provisions for national debt and payments to veterans. Also included are the Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and his Brittanic Majesty and treaties with France, the Netherlands, the Six Nations, the Cherokee, the Choctaw Nation, Morocco, and others. The treaties with Native American nations substantially expanded the territory of the United States in the west and south. Evans 22952.

Folio (340 x 210mm). Table of Contents leaf at end. Each Act signed in type by George Washington as President, John Adams as Vice President and Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House. (Some corners at ends rounded/chipped, tear to O2 touching text, brown stain on lower margin encroaching on text in the middle half of the pages, small mold-spot to title and following few leaves, light spots to title, marginal tear to last several leaves at bottom.) Stitched into plain wrapper covers, deckle edges preserved.
Place of origin:USA
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