GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Sept. 30, 1789

• President George Washington
• U.S. government in it's infancy

Certainly the most significant & historic content is the page 3 report that: "The President of the United States has been pleased to nominate, and by & with the advice & consent of the Senate, to appoint, JOHN JAY, of New York, Chief Justice..." followed by a list of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court as well.
Also of great significance are the other appointments listed: "Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, Edmund Randolph, Attorney General, Samuel Osgood, Postmaster-General..." and a list of military appointments.
A terrific report and very likely the first newspaper printing of these significant appointments.
The front page has an address of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the President, followed by: "The Answer of the President..." signed by him in type: G. Washington. Also on the front page (and some inside) is an account concerning the storming of the Bastille in Paris: "...he was one of those who first entered the Bastile...entered a dungeon of immense depth, strongly secured with iron bolts & bars, where they released an English officer...among a number of French gentlemen who with great plaudits exclaimed Liberty! Liberty! Liberty!. When the prisoners were liberated from the Bastile...".
Page 2 has a letter signed by: Le Marquis de la Fayette, followed by two articles: "The Bastille" and "Bastille Anecdote" above which are the: "...Articles [that] Form the Basis of the New Constitution of France".
Page 3 not only has two more letters signed by the President: G. Washington, plus most of the back page is taken up with the completion of the Coasting Act signed in type by George Washington and John Adams.
Four pages, a very discrete archival mend to the back page, very nice condition.

Background: The September 30, 1789 issue of the Gazette of the United States stands as an exceptionally rare and momentous artifact of 18th-century American journalism, capturing the simultaneous, real-time birth of the U.S. federal government and the global shockwaves of the French Revolution. Published in New York City by John Fenno as the quasi-official partisan newspaper for the Washington administration, this four-page issue contains what is likely the earliest public newspaper printing of President George Washington’s foundational federal appointments following the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789. Page 3 records the milestone confirmations of John Jay as the first Chief Justice of the United States, his original Associate Justices, Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State, Edmund Randolph as Attorney General, and Samuel Osgood as Postmaster-General. Beyond these historic administrative listings, the issue is rich in executive correspondence, featuring on the front page and inside pages three separate letters signed in type by "G. Washington," including an address from the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the President's formal reply. The front and second pages provide dramatic, early eyewitness reports of the July 14 storming of the Bastille—detailing the release of prisoners and printing the articles forming the basis of France’s new constitution alongside a letter from the Marquis de Lafayette—while the back page concludes with the full text of the Coasting Act, signed in type by both Washington and John Adams. Rare original printings of the Gazette from late September 1789 are highly sought-after primary sources, as they document the exact moment the United States transition from a theoretical framework under the Constitution to an operational, functioning government.

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.