GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Aug. 18, 1790  Page 2 includes an Act of Congress, headed with an engraving of a heraldic eagle: "...to enable the officers & soldiers of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment to obtain titles to certain lands lying northwest of the river Ohio, between the little Miami and Sciota." The Act of Congress is signed in type by the President: George Washington, as well as by John Adams & Thomas Jefferson.
Page 3 has a report titled: "The Columbia" which notes: "It is with real pleasure we announce the safe arrival...of the ship Columbia, Capt. Gray, from a voyage of adventure to the North West Coast of America...The Columbia and Washington are the first American vessels who have circumnavigated the globe..." with further details.
It is true that the Columbia, along with the Lady Washington, were the first American ships to circumnavigate the globe. Another item concerning the Columbia is in the adjoining column.
The back page has a report from the "Treasury Department" seeking bids for supplying rations to the mentioned military posts, signed in by Alexander Hamilton.
Four pages, two light stains at the center, good condition.