(VIRGINIA) Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwe

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(VIRGINIA.) Acts Passed at a General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia . . . in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine. 48 pages, only (of 50); lacks terminal leaf. Folio, disbound; title and first leaf defective with some loss, soiling and toning throughout; early owner's signature on the title; ex-library, with an embossed stamp on the title and on a few text leaves. Richmond: John Dixon, [1790]

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Includes the acts concerning the creation of Kentucky into an independent state and the act which ceded land to the United States to establish the permanent seat of the Federal government. Exceedingly rare, with no copies coming to auction in the last 20 years, and only 4 copies located on OCLC. Evans 23017; Sabin 100305.