(LAW) Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States

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(LAW.) Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America. 152, iii, [1], 153-260, iv, [24] pages. 8vo, modern cloth; intermittent foxing, tightly trimmed, with one line of text grazed, contents leaves misbound after page 152. Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1794 [1795]

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Perhaps the most important acts of this Congress were to ban the international slave trade ("An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave-Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country," pages 19-21); and the following week to establish the United States Navy ("An Act to Provide a Naval Armament," pages 21-24). Also included are treaties with the Cherokees, Six Nations, Oneida, Tuscarora, and Stockbridge Indians (pages 250-260). Senators during this period included James Monroe, Aaron Burr, and Robert Morris; each act is signed in type by President Washington. Evans 29676; Shipton & Mooney, page II:906 (best collation).