GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, Dec. 15, 1790

• President George Washington letters

Page 2 has a letter read in Congress from the people of Paris, beginning: "The news has reached our ears--Franklin is no more! Franklin the citizen of the world! All nations are indebted to him..." with more.
Page 3 has the address of the Senate to George Washington in response to his state of the union address, which is then acknowledged by a brief letter signed in type: G. Washington. Also on pg. 3 is the address of the House of Representatives to the President, to which the President again responded, signed by him in type: G. Washington.
Page 3 also has a report from General Harmar on the battle with the Miami Indians, and a letter signed Alex. M'Gillivray, leader of Creek Indians, and also a letter signed by General A. St. Clair datelined at Fort Washington. As part of the detailed report is a chart of the killed & wounded.
Four pages, damp staining near the margins, a tiny hole at the fold juncture at the front leaf, otherwise in good condition.

Background: The December 15, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia) captures pivotal early American history across its four pages, opening on Page 2 with an impassioned letter read in Congress from the French National Assembly mourning Benjamin Franklin ("Franklin is no more! Franklin the citizen of the world!"), illustrating his profound international legacy following his death earlier that year. Page 3 highlights the functioning of the young federal government, featuring the official State of the Union address responses from both the Senate and the House of Representatives alongside brief printed acknowledgments signed in type by G. Washington. The remainder of Page 3 provides critical frontier despatches, including General Josiah Harmar’s official military report on his disastrous October 1790 campaign against the Miami Confederacy—complete with a detailed casualty chart of the killed and wounded—as well as correspondence from Creek Nation leader Alexander McGillivray and General Arthur St. Clair datelined at Fort Washington.