[Rarebooks] FS: ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND CONGRESS, 1793: Bill of Rights, Electoral College, Fugitive Slave Act, etc.; price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:    Was $3000   Now  $2250:

[BILL OF RIGHTS]. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA 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. Philadelphia: 
Francis Childs & John Swain, [1793]. First Edition. 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; creation of the rules for the 
Electoral College and order of succession to the Presidency; wider 
taxation on wine, beer, and liquor; 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; establishment of a uniform militia throughout the nation; 
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. 
(#013585)        $2,250.00

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