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Gazette of the United states. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 15, 1789)]

Bound copy consisting of two volumes, 173 issues. Day by day accounts of the beginnings of the Federal Government. The issues have not been bound chronologically. Also, there is an extra issue of Vol. 2, no. 109 bound with the second volume.

GLC07275.01

Gazette of the United states. [V. 2, no. 109 (April 28, 1790)]

Bound copy consisting of two volumes, 173 issues. Day by day accounts of the beginnings of the Federal Government. The issues have not been bound chronologically. Also, there is an extra issue of Vol. 2, no. 109 bound with the second volume.

GLC07275.02

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)]

Reports on Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution, a debate on tonnage in the House of Representatives, and news from Europe. Also prints an extract from a speech to Congress by Massachusetts Governor John Hancock on the national debt, acts...

GLC08720.01

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 21 (June 23, 1790)]

Includes an article "On the Means of Preserving the Union of the American States," opining that the "present constitution of the United States appears to be excellent in contemplation; and if the harmony of the States should not be disturbed by...

GLC08720.02

Gazette of the United States. [No. 95 (March 10, 1790)]

First printing of the Census Act signed in type by Washington (p. 1), debate on payment of securities (p. 2-3), and letter signed Rusticus on abolition of slavery and colonization and Quakers (p. 4).

GLC08760

Gazette of the United States. [No. LXVIII (December 5, 1789)]

Reports on the French Revolution (dated 7 October 1789) and North Carolina's ratification of the Constitution. Also contains articles on a severe fire in Philadelphia, news from Europe, congratulations for George Washington on becoming president...

GLC08761

Gazette of the United States. [No. LXXV (December 30, 1789)]

Prints a Declaration of Rights that the Committee of the Convention proposed to add to the Constitution. Reports North Carolina's ratification of the Constitution. Reports on the French Revolution. Also contains news from around the country,...

GLC08782

Gazette of the United States. [No. 4 (April 22-April 25, 1789)]

Relates the details of George Washington's arrival in New York City preceding his first inaugural address, delivered 30 April 1789. Includes a printed version of debates in the House of Representatives regarding the article of tonnage. Contains...

GLC08723

Gazette of the United States. [No. 55 (October 21, 1789)]

The Declaration appears on p. 2. Printed by John Fenno. French Declaration of Rights of Man

GLC08651

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 88 (March 2, 1791)]

"An Act to incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States" is reprinted on the front page. So is "An Act Regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont." The first act established the...

GLC08552

Gazette of the United States. [No. 3 (April 18, 1789-April 22, 1789)]

Issue describes Adams' s trip from Massachusetts to New York to assume the vice presidency and presidency of the Senate. Describes in detail his trip from Westchester into the city. Contains John Langdon's, president pro tempore of the Senate, speech...

GLC08553

Gazette of the United States. [No. 7 (May 2 - May 6, 1789)]

Anti-slavery essay, President's home (in New York).

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Gazette of the United States. [No. 53 (October 14, 1789)]

Includes local news, international news, congressional news and acts passed, and ship arrivals for New York. Prints the budget of the Treasury Department for 1789. Also includes an act for the temporary establishment of the Post Office on page four...

GLC08837

Gazette of the United States. [No. XLVII (September 23, 1789)]

Reports on the Senate proceedings and prints twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution, an early form of the Bill of Rights. Reports on a debate in the House of Representatives on judicial salaries. Contains news from Europe, including the...

GLC01063

[Receipt]

Receipt of items Henry Knox bought from the firm Thomas & Andrews. Also includes a note of receipt for payment on behalf of the firm from John Fenno.

GLC02437.08640

Gazette of the United States. [No. 60 (November 7, 1789)]

Printed on page four is the act of Congress to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States (continued in the 2nd issue of the Gazette, see GLC08757.02). A letter of John Adams dated 16 October 1780 concerning troops in the Revolutionary War...

GLC08757.01

Gazette of the United States. [No. 61 (November 11, 1789)]

Printed on page four is the continuation of the act of Congress to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States (see GLC08757.01 for the first part). Other articles concern privateering, the national debt, and congressional salaries.

GLC08757.02

Gazette of the United States. [No. 6 (May 2, 1789)]

Includes a description of George Washington's 30 April 1789 inauguration as the first President of the United States, held in New York City, with a printing of his Inaugural Address (page 3). Contains a column on the political state of America, and...

GLC03518

Gazette of the United States. [No. LVII (October 28, 1789)]

Prints an editorial observing that "…however various the Sentiments respecting the Merits of this System, all good men are agreed in the necessity that exists, of an Efficient Federal Government." Also includes a letter from John Adams in Amsterdam...

GLC03173

Gazette of the United States. [No. XLIX (September 30, 1789)]

Reports on the French Revolution and activities in the House of Representatives, including reference to the "fixing of the seat of government" and an editorial note that "this closes our account of the proceedings of the full session of Congress...

GLC03174.02

Gazette of the United States. [No. XLVIII (September 26, 1789)]

[French Revolution, fall of Bastille]

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Gazette of the United States. [No. XL (August 29, 1789)]

Reports on the activities in the House of Representatives. Contains articles on sugaring, constitutional government, trade, and proposed constitutional amendments (preface to the Bill of Rights). Two acts passed by Congress also appear on p. 4...

GLC03175

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 4, no. 58 (December 19, 1792)]

Signed by William Tudor in the upper left corner (possibly Colonel William Tudor, Secretary of State 1809-1810). Includes a proclamation issued by George Washington, stating that "certain lawless and wicked persons, of the western frontier, in the...

GLC03124

Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)]

Reports on Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution, a debate on tonnage in the House of Representatives, and news from Europe. Also prints an extract from a speech to Congress by Massachusetts Governor John Hancock on the national debt, acts...

GLC03123

Gazette of the United States. [No. 76 (January 2, 1790)]

re: urging ratification of Bill of Rights in Virginia; "an act providing for the expenses which may attend negotiations with Indian tribes ..." etc.

GLC07268