[United States Laws - First Congress]:

$300 · Offered by William Reese Company

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES...BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ON MONDAY THE SIXTH OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY. AN ACT FIXING THE TIME FOR THE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING ... "Approved, March the second, 1791." Congressional printing of an act passed by the third session of the First Congress, the first session to be held in Philadelphia. The law moves the date for the annual meetings of Congress from March to the fourth Monday of October, going into effect following the next March session. Signed in print by Speaker of the House Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, John Adams, and George Washington. NAIP and OCLC together record four copies, at the American Antiquarian Society, the New York Public Library, Yale, and the Library of Congress. Rare.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.