2 parts in one volume, folio (300 x 187 mm). (Some minor browning or spotting.) Modern calf (a few repairs to endleaves). Provenance: Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow (1826-1889), American Lawyer, stakeholder in The New York World (booklabel); The Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate with withdrawn stamp). 

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.