Washington, George, 1732-1799 to Samuel Huntington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05231 Author/Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 28 September 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.8 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
Washington transmits several Acts and duplicates (not included) to Huntington, Governor of Connecticut. Includes Acts for allowing for compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the establishment of the Post Office, for compensation to Supreme Court Judges, the Attorney General, the United States President and Vice President, for establishing salaries for the Executive Officers of Government, and for the safekeeping of the Acts, records, and Seal of the United States. Contains Resolutions requiring the Secretary of State to procure statutes from individual States, and for provision of the safekeeping of prisoners. Also includes partial suspension of an Act regulating the collection of duties imposed on the tonnage of ships and vessels and on imported goods. Docketed by Samuel Huntington.
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