George Washington script signature... John Adams and John Jay...
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Feb. 27, 1796
- President George Washington
- U.S. government in it's infancy
Fully half of the front page is taken up with an Act of Congress which is signed in script type: Go. Washington, and in block type by John Adams. This Act was for providing money for the support of the government for the current year.
Beginning on the front page & ending on page 2 is a letter signed in type by John Jay. And pg. 3 has a document concerning the sale of various tracts of land, signed in block type by the President: Go. Washington.
Four pages, a minor archival mend at the blank spine, good condition.
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