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Printed Materials/Newspapers: May 11, 1796, THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Choice

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Printed Materials/Newspapers: May 11, 1796, THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Choice
May 11, 1796, THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Choice Very Fine+. 20" x 12.5", 4 pages. Front-page printing of an act, signed in print by George Washington, "to continue the construction and equipment...of two frigates of forty four and one frigate of thirty-fix guns...." Likely referring to the Constellation and Constitution. Also, news that the first general assembly of the new state of Tennessee met in Knoxville; Governor John Sevier's speech is printed, and William Blount and William Cocke are named as the state's first two U.S. senators.