West Point, President George Washington...
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GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, June 16, 1790
* Creating the United States Military Academy at West Point
* President George Washington - John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
Nearly half of the front page & a bit of page 2 contain: "The Charge of Chief Justice Jay to the Grand Juries of the Eastern Circuit".
Much of page 2 is taken up with reports from "Congress, House of Representatives".
Page 3 has a brief yet significant report from Congress noting: "...brought in a bill authorizing & empowering the President of the United States to purchase such a part of the tract of land at West Point as the public service may render necessary--read the first time." This tract of land would ultimately become the military academy at West Point.
Page 3 also contains Two Acts of Congress headed with a nice engraved heraldic eagle, each one signed in type by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
Four pages, nice condition.
Background: Printed in New York City while it served as the temporary capital of the new republic, this exceptional June 16, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States offers a remarkable window into early American statecraft under the First Federal Congress. Most notably, Page 3 captures the foundational legislative step toward creating the U.S. Military Academy: a congressional bill empowering President George Washington to acquire the strategic Hudson River tract at West Point from Stephen Moore, a transaction finalized later that summer for $11,085. The issue is further distinguished by early Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay’s extensive front-page "Charge to the Grand Juries of the Eastern Circuit," which critically defined early federal judicial authority under the newly ratified U.S. Constitution. Adding to its historical weight, Page 3 features two Acts of Congress adorned with an engraved heraldic eagle masthead and signed in type by three primary Founding Fathers—George Washington as President, John Adams as Vice President and President of the Senate, and Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State—making this semiofficial Federalist newspaper published by John Fenno an extraordinarily complete primary record of the young nation's executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
* Creating the United States Military Academy at West Point
* President George Washington - John Adams & Thomas Jefferson
Nearly half of the front page & a bit of page 2 contain: "The Charge of Chief Justice Jay to the Grand Juries of the Eastern Circuit".
Much of page 2 is taken up with reports from "Congress, House of Representatives".
Page 3 has a brief yet significant report from Congress noting: "...brought in a bill authorizing & empowering the President of the United States to purchase such a part of the tract of land at West Point as the public service may render necessary--read the first time." This tract of land would ultimately become the military academy at West Point.
Page 3 also contains Two Acts of Congress headed with a nice engraved heraldic eagle, each one signed in type by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
Four pages, nice condition.
Background: Printed in New York City while it served as the temporary capital of the new republic, this exceptional June 16, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States offers a remarkable window into early American statecraft under the First Federal Congress. Most notably, Page 3 captures the foundational legislative step toward creating the U.S. Military Academy: a congressional bill empowering President George Washington to acquire the strategic Hudson River tract at West Point from Stephen Moore, a transaction finalized later that summer for $11,085. The issue is further distinguished by early Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay’s extensive front-page "Charge to the Grand Juries of the Eastern Circuit," which critically defined early federal judicial authority under the newly ratified U.S. Constitution. Adding to its historical weight, Page 3 features two Acts of Congress adorned with an engraved heraldic eagle masthead and signed in type by three primary Founding Fathers—George Washington as President, John Adams as Vice President and President of the Senate, and Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State—making this semiofficial Federalist newspaper published by John Fenno an extraordinarily complete primary record of the young nation's executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
Item from last month's catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026
Categories: The 1600's and 1700's, American
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