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April 22, 1790
INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE  & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, April 22, 1790 

* President George Washington
* Alexander McGillivray


Inside has a report of "Duels", as well as an attack by Indians, and a letter from Savannah, Georgia, beginning: "McGillivrary, there is reason to fear, is still meditating mischief of some sort or another..." amongst the Creek Indians.
Alexander McGillivray was a leader of the Creek Indians, being part Creek and part Scottish.
The back page has a federal: "Act to Establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization" signed in type by the President: George Washington, and also by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Four pages, handsome masthead, very nice condition.