[Rarebooks] FS: Acts of the Second Congress of the U.S., 1793: Bill of Rights, Fugitive Slave Act, Establishment of Post Office, etc.

[Charles Agvent]

[BILL OF RIGHTS]. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA... Philadelphia: Francis Childs & John Swain, [1793]. 
First Edition. ...BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE 
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON MONDAY, THE TWENTY-FOURTH OF OCTOBER, ONE 
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE: AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE 
UNITED STATES, THE SIXTEENTH. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. Octavo bound in 
contemporary full sheep with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine 
label; 175, iii, [176]-291, i-[iii], [24] pages. Evans 26295. This is 
the First Edition to include both sessions of Congress; the 1792 edition 
by the same publisher contained only the first session. Includes the 
twelve proposed Amendments to the Constitution and the final 
ratification of the Bill of Rights, an act to establish both the Post 
Office and the Mint and to regulate coins, an act to build a lighthouse 
in Montauk, the first Fugitive Slave Act, the formal armistice between 
the United States and Great Britain, a treaty between the United States 
and the Cherokees, and much more. President George Washington signs the 
acts in type as do a number of other dignitaries. Includes an index. 
Mild, scattered foxing. Slight loss of leather along joints and the heel 
of the spine, but the covers are tight and the binding is very 
presentable. Very Good.  	$3,000.00

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