COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 27, 1796  The front page begins with a document: "Official By the President of the United States" concerning building codes for houses in the new city of Washington, D.C. It is signed in script type: Go. Washington.
Taking half of the front page is: "An Act for Establishing a Turnpike Gate on such Roads..." signed by the governor of Massachusetts: Samuel Adams.
Page 2 has a letter of "thanks" from the mayor of Fredericksburg, Va. to the President, followed by his reply signed in type: Geo. Washington.
Four pages, wide, never-trimmed margins, nice condition.