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1944Best.-Nr. 70408Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1944. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Cover has some wear and soiling/foxing. Pencil erasure residue on t-p. v 1 581 1 p. Tables. Title continues: "of the National Defense Program: Third Annual Report Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of March 3 legislative day February 7 by Mr. Truman". 78th Congress 2d Session Senate Report No. 10 Part 16. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 7315Washington DC: GPO 1962. fair to good. 399 wraps illus. tables appendices index some pencil underlining to text covers & spine faded ink name on fr cover. GPO paperback
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1801Best.-Nr. 58452Washington. 1801. Rules for the Jeffersonian Senate The scarce 1801 edition of the rules for conducting Senate business following earlier printings in 1790 and 1798. Signed in print at the end by Secretary Samuel A. Otis and dated Dec. 7 1801 the text details forty rules for Senate business and concludes with three pages of "joint rules acted on between the two houses." Scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker list copies at LC and NYPL; OCLC adds copies at the University of Connecticut Yale and the Houghton Library. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Light toning and scattered foxing. A near fine copy. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1560. SABIN 74090. OCLC 36079611. unknown
1790Best.-Nr. 35946New York: John Fenno 1790. The Beginning of Party Politics Second issue of the Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress with the pagination of the terminal leaves corrected and an errata added. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are the first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions of questions of the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. A highly important journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States. Folio. Three-quarter calf and marbled boards in antique style spine gilt leather label. Old unobtrusive library blindstamp on title. Light scattered foxing. Else very good. EVANS 22982. hardcover
1790Best.-Nr. 58060New York: John Fenno 1790. Senate Journal of the First Congress with Provenance This copy has a distinguished provenance bearing the ownership signature on the front free endpaper and again on a front fly leaf of Benjamin Huntington. Huntington 1736-1800 graduated Yale in 1761 became a lawyer and was a member of the Connecticut state House of Representatives for much of the 1770s serving as Speaker in 1778-79. He was a member of the Second Continental Congress and was elected to the first Congress of the United States as a pro-administration candidate in 1788. Huntington was also an ancestor of the famous collector and railroad tycoon Henry E. Huntington. The Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are the first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions concerning the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. There are two issues of this Senate journal: the earlier issue as in the case here has the final three pages misnumbered; in the latter issue the pagination error has been corrected and an errata added. A highly important journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States with the provenance of a member of the first United States Congress. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards raised bands. Boards lightly stained and worn. Light even toning. Very good. EVANS 22982. ESTC W20579. hardcover
1790Best.-Nr. 34639New York: John Fenno 1790. Senate Journal of the First Congress The Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress. This is the first issue with the final leaves incorrectly numbered. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are the first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions concerning the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. A highly important journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards rebacked in period style maroon gilt morocco label. Rubbed. Minor spotting and toning. Very good. ESTC W20579. EVANS 22982. hardcover
1791Best.-Nr. 34638Philadelphia: John Fenno 1791. The journal of the Senate recorded during the third session of the first Congress and including its response to a State of the Union address by Washington detailing issues with public credit and the northwest frontier; sundry acts authorizing the President to discharge foreign debts; and "An Act Declaring the Consent of Congress that a New State be Formed within the Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Admitted into this Union by the name of the State of Kentucky." In all many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded here and many significant events in the nation's history are treated in depth. Folio. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather labels. Lightly foxed. Ownership signature of James Hillhouse 1754-1832 a New Haven lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and later Senator. Very good. ESTC W20589. EVANS 23901. hardcover
1791Best.-Nr. 68761Philadelphia: John Fenno 1791. Many Important Early Laws Including on Whiskey An important early Congressional document describing the actions of the Senate in late 1791 and early 1792 at the height of the Federalist–Anti-Federalist struggle. As well George Washington's address to Congress printed here contains an interesting note about the tax on distilled spirits. Protests to this tax would result in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Also contains important early legislation on frontier defenses Ohio fisheries lighthouses the Mint and militias. Folio. Contemporary sheep neatly rebacked in matching style spine gilt with raised bands morocco label. Boards lightly rubbed and stained edges a bit worn. Repaired hole to center of titlepage with "ENA" in "SENATE" repaired in manuscript facsimile. Light scattered foxing and soiling evidence of minor water damage throughout. About good. EVANS 24911. ESTC W20582. hardcover
1793Best.-Nr. 34630Philadelphia: John Fenno 1793-1794. Early Journals of the Senate Two Senate journals of the Federal period. The first contains a notice from George Washington that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France Edmund Genêt has been recalled. Despite repeated warnings from both Washington and Jefferson Genêt persisted in outfitting private United States ships for naval raids on British vessels ultimately resulting in his being recalled. The second contains addresses by George Washington and John Adams on the Whiskey Rebellion. With an appendix and index. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather labels. Small hole in titlepage affecting a few letters of imprint. Light foxing and scattered toning. Very good. EVANS 27911 29724. ESTC W20587 w020584. hardcover
1797Best.-Nr. 17879Philadelphia: John Fenno 1797. Acts covering land sales public debt military appropriations and other important issues of the early republic are settled and recorded herein. 175iv18pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Tanned. Titlepage chipped with paper loss to upper fore-edge corner and lower margin text unaffected. Else very good in original state untrimmed. EVANS 32971. unknown
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