Description: Acts Passed at the First Session of the Third Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, On Monday the Second of December, in the Year 1793, and of the Independence of the Union. Published by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 1797, 477+ pp, 8 x 5", 8vo. Also included: Acts passed at the Second Session of the Third Congress (1794), Acts passed at the first session of the Fourth Congress (1795), Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Fourth Congress (1796), and Index to the Laws of the United States Containing a Digest of the Same, Arranged Under General Headings. In poor condition. As is. No boards or spine at all. Preliminary pages not included. Text starts at Chapter 1. Binding is not intact, many loose pages and cording exposed. Also missing the last page of the index. Aside from preliminary pages and last page of index, a complete work. Can be re-bound. Light foxing/toning throughout text-block, but able to be read. Please see photos. These documents cover the last years of the presidency of George Washington *1789-1797) and thus gave an important view of the early American government and the issues faced by the United States in its infancy. The printing of these acts are show in most bibliographies to be printed separately by Francis Childs. This is a rare Folwell printing covering both sessions of the Third and Fourth Congress. Can be read for scholarly purposes. FORN-MSB-0723-0726-HK350
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Language: English
Publisher: Richard Folwell
Topic: Political Science
Subject: U.S. History
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