UNITED STATES CONGRESS An Act Prohibiting for a Limited Tim

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UNITED STATES--CONGRESS. An Act Prohibiting for a Limited Time the Exportation of Arms and Ammunition. Letterpress broadside, 13 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, signed by Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State; minor foxing and a bit of toning in upper left margin; "duplicate" inked on verso in early hand. Evans 27856. [Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 22 May 1794]

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Randolph followed the short-lived practice of signing some of the official printings of Congressional acts, which was discontinued after the Third Congress. Signed in type by Washington and Adams, as well as Frederick Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House. Two copies listed in ESTC; only one other known at auction (Swann, 7 April 1994, lot 32).