[Rarebooks] FS: John Jay: TREATY OF AMITY, 1795: U.S. possession of the Northwest Territory

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[JAY,  John]. TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION,  BETWEEN
HIS   BRITANNIC  MAJESTY,  AND  THE   UNITED  STATES  OF   AMERICA....
Philadelphia:   H.  Tuckniss  for  M.   Carey  1795.  First   Edition.
...CONDITIONALLY  RATIFIED  BY  THE SENATE OF THE  UNITED  STATES,  AT
PHILADELPHIA,  JUNE 24, 1795. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED A COPIOUS  APPENDIX.
Duodecimo  (12mo: 4-1/4" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf recently
rebacked  with a new sympathetic spine; 283 pages. Evans 29752;  Howes
T-341:  "Though the 1783 Peace Treaty gave the Northwest Territory  to
the  United  States,  actual  possession of strategic  posts  was  not
relinquished  until after this treaty (Jay's) of 1794"; Sabin 96577. A
gathering  of documents in support of the 1795 Jay Treaty, printed  in
the  same  year  as the first printing of Jay's Treaty.  Includes  the
Treaty  as well as the United States Constitution and the 1783  treaty
with  Great  Britain ending the Revolution. Early bookplate of  Perrin
May  on the front pastedown. Endpapers a bit ragged; some splitting to
paper  covering  hinges  but  very  tightly  bound.  Scattered,  light
foxing. Very Good                                              $750.00
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