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Item # 703605

March 14, 1795

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 14, 1795  The middle of the front page is taken up with 3 Acts of Congress each signed in script type by the President; Go. Washington, one of which is authorizing the creation of a lighthouse at the entrance of Georgetown harbor, South Carolina.
Also on the front page is an Act of the Mass. legislature: "An Act for Introducing the Dollar & Its Parts as the Money of Account in this Commonwealth" signed in script type by the governor, Samuel Adams.
Page 2 has a letter from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania concerning a peace treaty with the Indians. Also a letter from Greenville regarding the Indians as well.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, wear at the margins, light foxing, good condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #359, released for October, 2025

Category: The 1600's and 1700's