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Providing money to finish the first three frigates...



Item # 694523

February 18, 1797

AURORA GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Feb. 18, 1797
This title was printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, Ben's grandson. 
Page 3 has a brief report from the: "Federal Legislature" noting: "...A bill was reported appropriating money for finishing the frigates United States, Constitution and Constellation. Also a bill to repeal so much of a former act as relates to the officering and manning the fleet of the United States."
Four pages, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 355 (released for June, 2025)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's