Washington signs two Acts of Congress... Finding a site for Congress...
Item # 703607
September 16, 1789
MASSACHUSETTS CENTINEL, Boston, Sept. 16, 1789
* President George Washington
* V. P. John Adams
The entire front page & most of page 2 are taken up with the "Act Registering & Clearing Vessels Regulating the Coasting Trade...", signed in script type: George Washington.
Nice page 2 discussion in Congress on proposed sites for the new federal government, and on the salaries for various officers.
The back page has the "Act for Settling the Accounts between the United States & Individual States" signed by the President in script: George Washington.
Four pages, close-trimmed at the bottom of the front page only shaves about 8 words, slightly irregular at the spine, otherwise good.
* President George Washington
* V. P. John Adams
The entire front page & most of page 2 are taken up with the "Act Registering & Clearing Vessels Regulating the Coasting Trade...", signed in script type: George Washington.
Nice page 2 discussion in Congress on proposed sites for the new federal government, and on the salaries for various officers.
The back page has the "Act for Settling the Accounts between the United States & Individual States" signed by the President in script: George Washington.
Four pages, close-trimmed at the bottom of the front page only shaves about 8 words, slightly irregular at the spine, otherwise good.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
