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Two Acts signed by Washington... John Jay to begin work on the Jay Treaty...



Item # 669229

May 07, 1794

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 7, 1794 

* President George Washington acts of Congress

The front page begins with two Acts of Congress, each signed in script type by the President; Go. Washington.
Page 3 has a document, signed by the President: G. Washington, in which he nominates John Jay as an envoy extraordinary to England in an effort to creates a treaty to resolve a number of lingering issues between the two countries. It would become known as the Jay Treaty.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Category: The 1600's and 1700's