18th Century Americana
[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate First [-Second] Session of the Third Congress... Phila: 1793[-95]
[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate First [-Second] Session of the Third Congress... Phila: 1793[-95]
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Lot Description
18th Century Americana
[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Third Congress... December 2, 1793 [-9 June 1794]. -- Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1793[-94] -- Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Second Session of the Third Congress... November 3rd, 1794 [-3 March 1795]. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1794-[95].
[UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Third Congress... December 2, 1793 [-9 June 1794]. -- Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1793[-94] -- Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Second Session of the Third Congress... November 3rd, 1794 [-3 March 1795]. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1794-[95].
Folio (348 x 208 mm). Disbound gatherings with stab-holes present. (Title-page and a few leaves browned).
FIRST EDITIONS of the only two sessions of the Third Congress, which met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia during the fifth and sixth years of Washington's presidency. During the third congress, Washington began his second term, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin, the federal government authorized the construction of the original six frigates of the U. S. Navy, and the Whiskey Rebellion began. Evans 27911 and 29724.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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