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Lot 405: 1802 Congressional Imprints

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Lot  405: 1802 Congressional Imprints
<b>Post-Rev. War to Civil War</b><hr><b>“Acts Passed At The Second Session Of The Seventh Congress of the Unite States”</b>

<b>1802 Congressional Imprints Signed in Type by Jefferson, Burr, and others; Fine</b>
9” x 5.75,” natural paper edges, untrimmed, slight water staining on lower corners. Original card covers and paper binding. Congressional Imprint entitled “Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Seventh Congress of the United States.” Began on Monday, December 5, 1802, the Second Session was attended by President Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and Stephen R. Bradley, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Many of the acts within the book are signed in type by these men. One Act was passed to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain states, where, by laws thereof, their admission is prohibited, while another Act provided for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Ohio; another made provisions for persons disabled by battle wounds during military service in the Revolutionary War. The book also includes text describing the English and French Convention Between the French Republic and The United States of America (in both English and French), the 1802 Convention Between the United States and Britain, the Treaty between the United States Government and the Chickasaw nation of Indians, and the Treaty between the United States Government and the Chactaw nation of Indians are included as well, among other documents describing government relations with other Indian tribes. An important, piece of American history.