Two items signed by George Washington...
Item # 703754
September 19, 1789
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Sept. 19, 1789
* President George Washington
* Arthur St. Clair - Wabash Indians
* Federal government in its infancy
Page 2 has a letter to the House of Representatives signed in type by the President: Geo. Washington, beginning: "The Governor of the Western Territory has made a statement to me of reciprocal hostilities of the Wabash Indians & white people inhabiting the frontiers bordering on the river Ohio...", which is followed by a lengthy letter on this signed in type: Arthur St. Clair.
The back page has an Act of Congress establishing salaries for officers in the government, signed in type by both George Washington and John Adams.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Background: The publication of this issue on September 19, 1789, captures a critical inflection point where the fledgling United States government moved from theoretical framework to operational reality. The correspondence between President Washington and Arthur St. Clair regarding hostilities with the Wabash Indians is historically momentous because it marks the first major foreign policy and domestic security crisis under the new Constitution, forcing the federal government to exercise its nascent powers to raise an army and defend the frontier. Simultaneously, the printed Act of Congress establishing federal salaries represents the "nuts and bolts" of nation-building, as Washington and John Adams formalized the professionalization of the Executive and Legislative branches. Because the Gazette of the United States served as the quasi-official record of the Federalist administration, this specific edition serves as a primary artifact of the First Federal Congress, documenting the exact moment the United States shifted away from the paralysis of the Articles of Confederation and toward a centralized, functional authority capable of both legislating internal order and managing violent territorial expansion.
Considered by many as the most significant newspaper of the 18th century, particularly during this, the formative year of the new federal government, as this paper was the mouthpiece of all matters political. Most pronouncements from Congress & the President were printed first in this newspaper.
* President George Washington
* Arthur St. Clair - Wabash Indians
* Federal government in its infancy
Page 2 has a letter to the House of Representatives signed in type by the President: Geo. Washington, beginning: "The Governor of the Western Territory has made a statement to me of reciprocal hostilities of the Wabash Indians & white people inhabiting the frontiers bordering on the river Ohio...", which is followed by a lengthy letter on this signed in type: Arthur St. Clair.
The back page has an Act of Congress establishing salaries for officers in the government, signed in type by both George Washington and John Adams.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Background: The publication of this issue on September 19, 1789, captures a critical inflection point where the fledgling United States government moved from theoretical framework to operational reality. The correspondence between President Washington and Arthur St. Clair regarding hostilities with the Wabash Indians is historically momentous because it marks the first major foreign policy and domestic security crisis under the new Constitution, forcing the federal government to exercise its nascent powers to raise an army and defend the frontier. Simultaneously, the printed Act of Congress establishing federal salaries represents the "nuts and bolts" of nation-building, as Washington and John Adams formalized the professionalization of the Executive and Legislative branches. Because the Gazette of the United States served as the quasi-official record of the Federalist administration, this specific edition serves as a primary artifact of the First Federal Congress, documenting the exact moment the United States shifted away from the paralysis of the Articles of Confederation and toward a centralized, functional authority capable of both legislating internal order and managing violent territorial expansion.
Considered by many as the most significant newspaper of the 18th century, particularly during this, the formative year of the new federal government, as this paper was the mouthpiece of all matters political. Most pronouncements from Congress & the President were printed first in this newspaper.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
