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President Thomas Jefferson signs 4 Acts of Congress... Supplies for military installations...
President Thomas Jefferson signs 4 Acts of Congress... Supplies for military installations...
Item # 708172
April 27, 1808
NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 27, 1808 The back page contains four Acts of Congress, one for changing the name of the district of Biddeford & Pepperborough to Saco, Mass. Another is for building additional gunboats. Each is signed in type by the President: Th. Jefferson.
Page 2 has: "Impressed Seamen" with a list of those seamen who have been impressed. This would lead to the War of 1812. Also a lengthy document from the: "War Department" seeking bids for providing rations and supplies to the various forts and military installations, listing each. A great account of the various installations in the United States at the time.
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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