(LAW) Acts Passed at the First Session of the Second Congres

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(LAW.) Acts Passed at the First Session of the Second Congress of the United States of America. 175, iii pages. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco; edges of title page restored, other minor repairs to a few leaves, occasional edge chipping, lacking final blank; uncut. Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1792]

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This volume begins with a printing of the Bill of Rights and the acts of ratification, state by state. Major legislation includes "An Act to Establish the Post-Office" (page 37) and "An Act Establishing a Mint and Regulating the Coins of the United States" (page 72). In the back are two treaties of peace with the young nation's powerful enemies: Great Britain and the "Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation of Indians." Evans 24868; Sabin 15497.