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Renaming a Cabinet position to Department of State... Using Webster...



Item # 703748

August 26, 1789

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Aug. 26, 1789  Over a full column on the front page is taken up with a "Sketch of Proceedings of Congress" from the very first year of the federal government, continuing to take all of page 2 & some of page 3.
Included is a chart of: "...The salaries proposed in the bill are as follow:..." for the various officers of the executive departments. The Congressional reports end with: "...This bill states that the department of 'foreign affairs' shall be denominated the Department of State, to which a variety of duties of a domestic nature are to be annexed & the principal officer therein to be denominated the Secretary of State...".
Page 3 also has a piece which notes: "...to deliberate & fix upon some uniform method of teaching our vernacular language...This committee we are further informed, reported in favor of adopting Mr. Webster's...".
Four pages, very nice condition.

Considered by many as the most significant newspaper of the 18th century, particularly during this, the formative year of the new federal government, as the Gazette was the mouthpiece of all matters political. Most pronouncements from Congress & the President were printed first in this newspaper.

Item from our most recent catalog - #357, released for August, 2025

Category: The 1600's and 1700's