FIFTH CONGRESS.

Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fifth Congress

Item #81210

FIFTH CONGRESS. Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the Fifteenth of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven, and of the Independence of the United States, the Twenty-first. Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross. 1797. 240, vii, [3], [243]-561, [1 blank], 26 (Constitution and Amendments thereto), iv (Table of Contents), [48 Index] pp. Orig. blind-ruled calf, red morocco spine label. Some wear to calf, very old water stain to lower free corners of exterior leaves, some light scattered foxing, else very good. [a] ESTC W14662. This printing of the Acts not in Evans, Shipton & Mooney, or Bristol. The Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps, plus a treaty with the Cherokees, are among this Congress's significant Acts. This was a lively Congress; offered here is an excellent record of its activities. Evans 32970, 34719, 36519 [Journals].

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