(CONGRESS).

Acts Passed at the First Session of the Congress of the United States

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(CONGRESS). Acts Passed at the First Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIX: and of the Independence of the United States the Thirteenth. Phila.: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791. 157,[1, blank],[1]pp. [bound with] 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. Phila.: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791. 414pp. [bound with] Acts Passed at the Third Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the Sixth of December, in the Year M,DCC,XC: and of the Independence of the United States the Fifteenth. To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing Resolves of the Old Congress. Phila.: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791. 120,[1],[1,blank],[56, index]pp. 8vo. Original boards. Light , scattered foxing, ownership signature of J.H. Jackson on first titlepage, bookplate on front pastedown, else a near fine uncut copy. 1st Session: Bristol B7863; ESTC W14337; Shipton & Mooney 46320. 2nd Session: Bristol B7864; ESTC W14345; Shipton & Mooney 46324. 3rd Session: Bristol B7865; ESTC W14375; Shipton & Mooney 46326. The three titles were apparently issued together. All early printings are scarce, especially those of the first three sessions. Early reprint of Childs and Swaine's first official printing (New York, 1789). This issue appeared in Philadelphia after the nation's capitol was moved there, and the printers had set up shop. All early printings are scarce, especially those of the first three sessions. This publication contains an early printing of the original twelve articles of the Bill of Rights, of which only ten were ratified, as well as acts establishing the departments of State, War, and the Treasury. The acts of the second session included the establishment of the temporary and permanent capitols, treaties with the North American Indian tribes, and the "Definitive Treaty of Peace between the United States and His Britannic Majesty." The acts of third session include the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.

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