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Laws of the United States of America. First folio edition of any collection of American Congressional statutes, issued by the state of Massachusetts. The book is uncut in boards as issued; a contemporary inscription on the front cover and the title page record this copy was deposited in the town clerk's office at Newburyport, Massachusetts.The volume compiles laws passed by the first and second congresses through 1793 (all bearing George Washington's signature in type) and includes the Constitution and treaties with various European and Native American nations.From the First Congress of 1789, it was customary to print the acts passed in each session. In 1791, octavo compilations of the statutes were published in Philadelphia and New York. That year Congress resolved to publish its own edition, but it did not appear until 1796, published by Folwell in three volumes.

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