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17760087821776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown
177712597London/Edinburgh: W. Strahan T. Cadell/J. Balfour 1777. Hardcover. Fair. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Full brown calf with raised bands on spine. Condition is FAIR - front cover missing. Rear cover detached but present. Spine worn with cracking. Binding remains strong. Fold-out plate present no map if there ever was one. Text is clean with endpapers half title and title pgs some minor foxing to text. Contemporary owner's name in fine copperplate on title pg. Gift message at upper right presenting the book to Horace Binney Hare a judge in the Philadelphia court system circa 1860's. London/Edinburgh: W. Strahan, T. Cadell/J. Balfour hardcover
1786W2804London: J. Dodsley 1786. 6 1-256 1-246 6 pages. Bound in early full calf. The 4th edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages; one very small abrasion of the leather on the front cover; title patch is not present. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1775W2861London: J. Dodsley 1775. Bound in early full calf. The 2nd edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with lightly foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1788013271London: J. Dodsley 1788 London: J. Dodsley 1788. Early printing of the United States Constitution with the Circular Letters transmitted to the Governors of the States Plan of the New Constitution signed in the plate by George Washington and the Constitution itself through Article VII followed by the resolution to lay the Constitution before Congress and a request by the Memorial Society for the Abolition of Slavery in Pennsylvania to Congress to abolish the slave trade as part of the constitution. Cloth binding leather spine labels minor pen marks inside front endpapers bow to boards. Very good. J. Dodsley hardcover
1800013835Boston: John Russell and John West 1800 Boston: John Russell and John West 1800. First Edition. Washington's Political Legacies. To which is annexed an appendix containing an account of his illness death and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory with a biographical outline of his character. 12mo. Newly bound in full morocco raised ridges to spine gilt titles. 208 xiv pp. Engraved title with funeral urn. Wonderful collection of primary source materials: Letter to Mrs. Washington signed by the editors Boston March 1800. Advertisement. Gen. Washington's appointment to the command of the American army in 1775. His order on the cessation of hostilities. His circular letter to the Governors of the several states in 1783. The address of Congress on the acknowledgment of his eminent services. His answer. His farewel address to the army. His address to Congress on resigning his military commission. Their answer. His inaugural speech to Congress in 1789. His valedictory address to his fellow citizens. His letter to President Adams on accepting the command of the American army in 1798. Gen. Marshall's address to the speaker of the house of representatives on the report of the death of Gen. Washington. The president's message to Congress enclosing Col. Lear's letter announcing the death of Gen. Washington. Gen. Marshall's second address to Congress. Resolutions of Congress respecting the manner of paying suitable honours to the memory of Gen. Washington. Address of condolence from the house of representatives to the president. His answer. Address of condolence from the senate to the president. His answer. Resolutions of Congress for perpetuating the memory of Gen. Washington. Gen. Lee's Eulogy pronounced before the national legislature. The presidents' proclamation. Particular account of the last illness of Gen. Washington. His funeral. The president's message to Congress communicating Mrs. Washington's letter. Biographical outline of Gen. Washington. Anonymous address to the American army in 1783. Gen. Washington's address to the army in answer to this artful and insidious address. IN-TEXT ILLUSTRATION OF CASKET SURROUNDED BY CAVALARY/INFANTRY GUARD MUSIC CLERGY PALLBEARERS COL. SIMMS COL. GILPIN COL. RAMSAY COL. MARSTELLER COL. PAYNE COL. LITTLE MOURNERS MASONIC BRETHREN CITIZENS. Subscribers names xiv pp. arranged alphabetically and by community. Scarce. John Russell and John West hardcover
1792PC63London: Charles Cooke 1792. Image: 3 1/2" X 2 5/8" on a sheet trimmed to 5 1/8" X 3 1/2"; mounted on a sheet 6 3/4" X 4 1/4". An original copperplate line engraving with some stippling of George III as king of Great Britain. Bust length with tied wig plain tie coat with Garter star and sash over left shoulder. Drawn by Richard Corbould from a Painting in the Possession of James Agar. Engraved by Charles Turner Warren and Published February 41792 by Charles Cooke London as the frontispiece to volume I of The Senator: or Clarendon's Parliamentary Chronicle. The print is in very good condition: clean and bright with some faint foxing in the blank margins and one tiny and faint spot in the image. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Turner Warren. 3 1/2" X 2 5/8". Fine Art Print. Charles Cooke
1748GT719London: M. Coooper 1748. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. 316pp pp 253-316 contains The Journal of George Jams i His Pilgrimage amongst the Inland Natives of the Countires Adjoyning to South Carolina Field No 1618 Indian Bibliography. Original full calf with the original red morocco label. Original owners name George Basson to the inside front endpapercrossed out. Title-page dated MDCCXLVII .The spine calf has a lengthways crack affecting the original label. All original state. A RARE ITEM. No copy appears to have been at auction since 1955. Sabin 100991 27x10cms <br/> <br/> M. Coooper hardcover
1793003158Dublin: P. Byrne Grafton-Street 1793. Book. Very Good Minus. Full Calf. First Edition. First Edition full calf red label with gilt titles to spine. Calf rubbed front and rear boards moderate foxing throughout page block. prior owners names front endpages and title page front hinge just starting to separate. Contents are unmarked. One of the prior owners whose name is handwritten 3 times is "Alfred Balch Nashville". Balch was a close personal friend and neighboring plantation owner to President Andrew Jackson. He was a practicing lawyer in Nashville and eventually became head of the Nashville Bar Association. During Andrew Jackson's presidency Balch was appointed to the role of Commissioner of Indian Treaties. During this time he would be active in trying to resolve issues the Creek and Seminole tribes had with the United States government and may have helped resolve the Second Seminole War. Later in 1840 during the presidency of Martin Van Buren Jackson would pressure his former vice president to appoint Balch to the role of United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida where he would serve as a Florida District Judge for only one year. In 1835 letters appear between Alfred Balch and Andrew Jackson suggesting a level of comfort that only friends would have with one another. In one letter Jackson seems to write angrily about a secret conspiracy to undermine his chosen successor Martin Van Buren. What evidence there is seems to suggest a very close relationship between Andrew Jackson and Alfred Balch.Balchepedia; the Encyclopedia of Balch History. A great association to Presidential and Tennessee history !. P. Byrne, Grafton-Street Hardcover
1767020957<p>Paris: Durand 1767. Paris: Durand 1767. Volume I of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers 360 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom rear corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.</p> Durand hardcover
1767020956<p>Paris: Durand 1767. Paris: Durand 1767. Volume II of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers 375 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom front corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.</p> Durand hardcover
180043315Boston: Young and Minns 1800. first edition. sewn into paper wrappers. Very good. 9 x 14 in. 26 pp. Hand-laid paper sewn into blue paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; 8 pgs have some fairly heavy foxing. Otherwise text is clean and bright. Paper wrappers very good with minor wear. Am. Hist. RGR. Young and Minns unknown
1800D130311London: Bunney and Gold 1800. Well worn with the front board missing and the rear detached. Foxed throughout with the edges of the text block soiled. One plate is missing "A Grand Emlematic Design relating to the Battle of the Nile by a Foreigner of Rank." The name Henley first name illegible is written at the top of the Preface page. 516 pages plus appendix and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full-Leather. Poor/No Jacket. Bunney and Gold Hardcover
179341013Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald 1793. 375 49 pp as issued. Acts of all three Sessions of the First Congress paginated continuously. First Session 122 pages; Second Session pages 123- 286; Third Session pages 287-360; followed by "Appendix containing such acts of the Congress under the Confederation as may be thought most important to be generally known in the administration of the present government" pages 361-375. followed by unpaginated Table of Contents for each Session and Index. Bound in modern calf new endpapers portion of original endpaper with 1794 ownership signature of John Davis laid down. Scattered spotting. Two wormholes at leaf 13-14 affecting several letters. Good plus or so.<br /> <br /> The Constitution without Amendments is printed followed by Acts of the three Sessions of the First Congress. The Appendix includes the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.<br /> The First Session convened on March 4 1789; the Second on January 4 1790; and the Third on December 6 1790. Printed here among other landmarks are the first Judiciary Act establishing "the Judicial Courts of the United States;" the Census; the definition of Treason; North Carolina's land cessions; the Military Establishment; creating the seat of Government at the District of Columbia; admiralty; taxation and duties; admission of Kentucky into the Union from the Virginia Cession; admission of Vermont; the Bank of the United States; the Whisky Tax; establishment of the Post Office and Post Roads etc. etc. etc. Each Act has its date of approval with the signature of President Washington in type.<br /> ESTC W14824. Bristol B8506. Shipton & Mooney 46908. Printed by E. Oswald unknown
179741015Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 240 vii 4 244-561 1 blank 26 Constitution and twelve proposed Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents 48- Index pp The Acts of all three Sessions of this Congress are printed. Modern calf gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Scattered spotting. Good <br /> <br /> This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. <br /> The Constitution is printed with the original twelve proposed Amendments<br /> Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown
17971409030009Philadelphia Printed by W. Ross 1797-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 sessions bound in one. Octavo. Bound in fine modern Moroccan leather. 5 raised bands. Gilt tooling to spine and boards. Inlaid gilt tooling inside boards. Marbled end pages. Original end pages bound in. Slight soiling to FEP and title page of the first session. Tanning scattered foxing. Collated: 559; 26 Constitution; iv Table of Contents; 48 index. <br><br> A highly important period of early American history during John Adams first 2 years of presidency. During this period the XYZ affair occurred along with the Quasi-War. The Alien & Sedition Act was passed by this Congress. This law was an attempt by the Federalist controlled Congress to create new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Significantly Federalist legislators attempted to restrict the freedom of speech after receiving a flurry of biting criticism from the Republican press. The Acts banned publishing false or malicious statements against the government and inciting opposition to any act of Congress or the president. Decreed unconstitutional by the Democratic-Republicans it lead to the drafting of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions also known as the Principles of '98. <br><br> June 18 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization" Naturalization Act of 1798 Sess. 2 ch. 54 1 Stat. 566 <br> June 25 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act concerning Aliens" Sess. 2 ch. 58 1 Stat. 570 <br> July 6 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act respecting Alien Enemies" Sess. 2 ch. 66 1 Stat. 577 <br> July 9 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States Sess. 2 ch. 68 1 Stat. 578 <br> July 14 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States" Sedition Act Sess. 2 ch. 74 1 Stat. 596 <br> Other notable legislation passed by the 5th Congress: July 11 1798: The establishment of the US Marine Corps Sess. 2 ch. 72 1 Stat. 594 <br> April 30 1798: The establishment of the U.S. Department of the Navy. <br> July 16 1798: Marine Hospital Service Act "An Act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen" Sess. 2 ch. 77 1 Stat. 605. <br> Includes petitions Virginia and other states opposing the Alien & Sedition Acts. <br> 1st work: Evans 32951; ESTC W14656; 2d work: Evans 34688; ESTC W14660; 3d work: Evans 36479; ESTC W19240; Sabin 15502. Philadelphia, Printed by W. Ross hardcover
179411761Philadelphia: Fenno 1794. 32pp caption title as issued disbound. Light scattered foxing Very Good. <br /> <br /> Thomas Pinckney President Washington's minister to England protests England's restrictions on American commerce particularly its order to block passage of American ships carrying grain and other products to France and to seize the ships and cargo. <br /> Pinckney argues "When two nations are at war those who chuse to live in peace retain their natural right to pursue their agriculture manufactures and other ordinary vocations; to carry the produce of their industry for exchange to all nations belligerent or neutral as usual." England in response insists on the legality of its position. <br /> Evans 27892. NAIP w005308 9. Fenno? unknown
179915267Philadelphia: Ross 1799. 8pp disbound loose. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The list of laws about to expire concerns regulation of trade with the Indian tribes; laws governing fisheries commerce aliens arms refugees from Canada. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 36518. Ross unknown
179439904Philadelphia: John Fenno 1794. Folio. 205 1 blank; 114 12 pp. Each Journal is a separate imprint with separate title page each complete with Index bound together in contemporary sheep spine darkened and reinforced. Bit of endpaper spotting Very Good. <br /> <br /> These documents print Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." <br /> Washington is profoundly annoyed with Citizen Genet who has sought "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." The First Session records Federalists' successful challenge to Albert Gallatin's election as Senator from Pennsylvania on the ground that he had not satisfied the Constitution's nine-year citizenship requirement. Affidavits and other information are printed regarding Gallatin's early years in the country. Also discussed are fiscal matters; the Bank of the United States; the treaty with England and other foreign policy issues; protection of the frontier and military questions; the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution withdrawing federal courts' jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. <br /> The President's Message opening the Second Session focuses on the Whisky Rebellion the major domestic event of the day. Washington recounts the attacks upon federal officers including the kidnapping of a federal marshal; and his careful measured response finally calling out the militia. The Second Session devotes much attention to matters affecting the militia and issues involving Creek Indian lands within the State of Georgia.<br /> Evans 27911 29724. John Fenno unknown
179737813Philadelphia: W. Ross 1797. 140 12 Index pp. Bound in attractive original quarter calf and marbled paper over boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light foxing Very Good.<br /> offered with JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS. Philadelphia: William Ross. 1797 i.e. 1798. 683 1 blank 52 Index pp. Attractive original quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. Gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Very Good. <br /> offered with JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS. Philadelphia: W. Ross. 1798 i.e. 1799. 266 24 Index pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards light wear rubbing gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The complete Journals of the three Sessions of the House for the exciting Fifth Congress in attractive original bindings. <br /> Congress passed the Alien & Sedition Acts created the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. The Journals begin with President Adams's Message of May 16 1797 on deteriorating relations with France and the status of negotiations with Spain on the Florida boundary. They cover the Blount impeachment his attempts to induce Indians and settlers to detach Florida and Louisiana from Spain and deliver them to England; the War in Europe and effects on American commerce; the fight between Congressmen Lyon and Griswold and Lyon's expulsion; the quasi-War with France; the Non-Intercourse Act; petitions by Virginians and others opposing the Alien & Sedition Act. <br /> This was a lively Congress; offered here is an excellent record of its activities. <br /> Evans 32970 34719 36519. W. Ross unknown
179537986Philadelphia; Philadelphia: John Fenno 1795. Folio. 205 1 blank; 114 12 pp. Each Journal is a separate imprint with separate title page each complete with Index bound together in contemporary calf with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Light occasional toning Very Good. Old Historical Society bookplate and 'withdrawn' stamp on the plate. Laid in is the title page for pamphlet entitled "Extracts from the Journals of Congress Relative to the Capture and Condemnation of Prizes and the Fitting of Privateers." Philadelphia: Dunlap. 1776 Evans 15154.<br /> <br /> These documents print Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." <br /> Washington is profoundly annoyed with Citizen Genet who has sought "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." The First Session records Federalists' successful challenge to Albert Gallatin's election as Senator from Pennsylvania on the ground that he had not satisfied the Constitution's nine-year citizenship requirement. Affidavits and other information are printed regarding Gallatin's early years in the country. Also discussed are fiscal matters; the Bank of the United States; the treaty with England and other foreign policy issues; protection of the frontier and military questions; the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution withdrawing federal courts' jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. <br /> The President's Message opening the Second Session focuses on the Whisky Rebellion the major domestic event of the day. Washington recounts the attacks upon federal officers including the kidnapping of a federal marshal; and his careful measured response finally calling out the militia. The Second Session devotes much attention to matters affecting the militia and issues involving Creek Indian lands within the State of Georgia.<br /> Evans 27911 29724. John Fenno unknown
1789334553New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine 1789. First edition one of 700 copies. 164 clxv-clxxvii pages. 1 vols. Folio. Expertly bound full calf covers bordered in gilt spine with raised bands in seven compartments red morocco lettering piece. Minor age toning untrimmed. First edition one of 700 copies. 164 clxv-clxxvii pages. 1 vols. Folio. This rare original printing of the Journal for the first session of the House of Representatives covers the activities of the House from March 4 to September 7 1789 a period in which many important legislative events took place. Foremost among these was the discussion of the proposed Bill of Rights. Pages 102-105 contain some fine tuning of the language of some of the seventeen amendments originally proposed by James Madison in the House. Some of the measures considered by the House include provisions directly in the Constitution itself such as to the length of the President's term. Numerous references to individual parts of the Bill of Rights are made throughout the first volume as well and a preliminary version of the Bill of Rights is printed on pages 107-108. <br /> <br /> The remainder of the Journal for the first session contains much of the important legislative foundation for the machinery of government regulating the Customs Judiciary Post Office Mint and establishing the Executive Office. Also recorded are petitions from individual citizens including one by Hannah Adams "to publish and vend a work she has compiled entitled "An alphabetical compendium of the various sects which have appeared from the beginning of the christian aera to the present day." David Ramsay petitioned Congress to secure copyright for his two histories of the Revolution and objected to the seating of South Carolina's William Loughton Smith in the House. Christopher Colles who was engaged at the time in a vitally important project to map the new nation's roads also petitioned Congress for a patent on the perambulator that he invented and used in his mapping work. Included also is a printing of George Washington's first inaugural address.<br /> <br /> The printing of the first session of the Journal of the House was undertaken by Francis Childs and John Swaine both former apprentices to John Dunlap who had petitioned and won the right to become government printers to the House in New York and subsequently in Philadelphia to print the Acts and the Journal. According to Congressional records 700 copies of the Journal were printed largely for the use of members of the government.<br /> <br /> An important and valuable volume in the history of American government recording all manner of legislative activities from the earliest days of the federal government the record of the crucial start of our new government under the Constitution with one of the earliest official printings of the proposed Bill of Rights. Evans 22208; Sabin 15554; ESTC W27498; cf. Grolier American 100 20 Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown
179435253Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine 1794. 438 29 1 blank pp. Stitched untrimmed top edge uncut as issued. Remnant of original plain front wrapper rear wrapper present. Very Good or better.<br /> <br /> This document includes several Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." <br /> Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." Also printed is Washington's Message of December 5 expressing annoyance at Citizen Genet whose utterances have tended "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." Subsequent presidential messages include additional material on the Genet Affair and difficulties with the Creeks and Cherokees "owing to the murder of several friendly Indians by some lawless white men." Also included is material on the Embargo; passage of the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution barring federal court jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; a bit of discussion of the Bon Homme Richard; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 27910. Childs and Swaine unknown
179133469Philadelphia: John Fenno 1791. Folio. 12 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches. 203 1 blankpp. Contemporary sheep rebacked with cloth<br/> <br/> Provenance: Uriah Tracy signature dated 1793; Brown University ink stamp and withdrawn notation<br/> <br/> The journal of the Senate recorded during the third session of the first Congress recording the receipt from Alexander Hamilton of 'A Plan for a National Bank'<br/> <br/> Includes the Senate's response to a State of the Union address by Washington detailing issues with public credit and the northwest frontier; sundry acts authorizing the President to discharge foreign debts; and "An Act Declaring the Consent of Congress that a New State be Formed within the Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Admitted into this Union by the name of the State of Kentucky." In all many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded here and many significant events in the nation's history are treated in depth. This example with provenant to Uriah Tracy a Connecticut politician elected to the Third and Fourth Congresses and serving from April 8 1793 until his resignation in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Trumbull; reelected in 1801 and 1807 and served from October 13 1796 until his death; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Sixth Congress.<br/> <br/> NAIP W020589; Evans 23901. John Fenno unknown
179533788Philadelphia: John Fenno 1795. Folio. 114 12 pp. Original marbled boards rebacked and recornered. New endpapers. Scattered mild foxing. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The challenge of this Session was the Whisky Rebellion. President Washington's Message opening the Session recounts the attacks upon federal officers including the kidnapping of a federal marshal. Concluding that the normal judicial process was inadequate to the task of suppressing the rebellion the President called out the militia. His careful measured response is delineated here. The Session devotes much attention to matters affecting the militia. Issues involving Creek Indian lands within the State of Georgia are also considered. <br /> Evans 29724. ESTC W20584. John Fenno unknown
