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George Washington... Benjamin Franklin...
Item # 704054
July 03, 1790
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, July 3, 1790 Over a full column on page 2 is taken up with an Act of Congress which is headed with a nice engraving of a heraldic eagle and signed in script type by the President: George Washington, and in block type by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Page 2 also has much reporting from Congress.
Page 3 includes: "Dr. Franklin--Leaves, in his Will, to the President, a gold-headed Cane with the figure of Liberty on it..." and a note that: "M'Gillivray, the famous Creek Chief, & several other headmen of the same nation...set out from their homes on their way to the Great Council Fire of America at New York...". Also a half column debate on the site for the: "..temporary & permanent residence of Congress...".
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, archival strengthening to a portion of the spine, great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's