COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 3, 1790

• George Washington and John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin

Over a full column on page 2 is taken up with an Act of Congress which is headed with a nice engraving of a heraldic eagle and signed in script type by the President: George Washington, and in block type by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
 Page 2 also has much reporting from Congress. 
Page 3 includes: "Dr. Franklin--Leaves, in his Will, to the President, a gold-headed Cane with the figure of Liberty on it..." and a note that: "M'Gillivray, the famous Creek Chief, & several other headmen of the same nation...set out from their homes on their way to the Great Council Fire of America at New York...". Also a half column debate on the site for the: "..temporary & permanent residence of Congress...". 
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, archival strengthening to a portion of the spine, great condition.

Background: This remarkably rare four-page July 3, 1790 issue of Boston’s Columbian Centinel serves as an extraordinary primary document capturing a defining, pivotal moment in early American history under the newly established U.S. Constitution. Spanning over a full column on page two, the issue features an official Act of Congress capped by an ornate heraldic eagle engraving and bearing the signatures of three Founding Fathers—President George Washington (in script type), Vice President John Adams, and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson—an impressive legal display created to notify the public of federal law. Page three contains immensely historical reporting, notably highlighting a excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s recently executed will bequeathing his iconic gold-headed cane topped with a Cap of Liberty to Washington, alongside coverage of the landmark journey of Creek Chief Alexander McGillivray to the federal capital in New York to negotiate the Treaty of New York, the first formal treaty between the U.S. government and a Native American nation under the Constitution. Compounding its institutional significance, the issue documents a half-column debate over the site of the temporary and permanent residence of Congress—capturing the intense legislative maneuvers surrounding the Residence Act of 1790 that led to the creation of Washington, D.C. Combining official presidential acts, major Native American diplomacy, foundational capital city debates, and the posthumous legacy of Benjamin Franklin all within a single issue, this newspaper stands as a exceptionally valuable and rare artifact of early Republic journalism.