UNITED STATES Congress of the United States Resolved t

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ESTABLISHING THE MINT OF THE U.S. UNITED STATES. Congress of the United States . . . Resolved . . . that a mint shall be established under such regulations as shall be directed by law. Single folio sheet, wide margins; minor chip in top margin. Evans 23880. [Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1791]

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Congress had debated the establishment of a mint since 1786, finally passing this bill on 3 March 1791, authorizing Washington to appoint artists to design the coinage and establising the mint with the proviso that it be regulated by future laws (which were eventually drafted and passed in April 1792). OCLC locates only the Library of Congress copy.<