Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Fourth Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the seventh of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03698 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 June 1796 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 34.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Pickering, Secretary of State. Includes "an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the heathen," "an act for the admission of the state of Tennessee into the union," "an act limiting the time for the allowance of drawback on the exportation of domestic spirits, and allowing a drawback upon such spirits exported in vessels of less than thirty tons, by the Mississippi," "an act to suspend, in part, the act, intituled 'An act to alter and amend the act, intituled 'An act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar,' " and "an act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States." All acts are followed by the printed names of Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Samuel Livermore, President of the Senate. All acts were approved by President George Washington 1 June 1796. Docketed in 1796. Contains the notation "Timothy Pitkin" written in pencil adjacent to the docket.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824
Livermore, Samuel, 1732-1803
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Pitkin, Timothy, 1727-1812

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources